TNA HOF Collection Pt 1

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

SECOND FINEST TERMINAL STATE N-24

LOT 1299 1849 N-24 R3 EF45+. Choice glossy light chocolate brown with frosty mint luster in the fields and protected areas. Lightly worn on the devices with smooth, attractive surfaces. The best identifying marks are a light diagonal nick-like planchet chip in the field off the chin and a horizontal nick under the E in ONE, plus a spot of darker olive toning at the dentils over the E in AMERICA. Extremely rare TDS, die state d, with a strong rim cud from star 12 down to slightly past star 13. Tied for CC#8 overall for the die variety and second finest of only 8 known in the terminal die state. Another great piece for the die state specialist.

Ex Del Bland-Stuart A. Hodge 4/1984-Robert E. Vail, Superior 9/7/1997:788-unknown-Heritage Auctions 6/2001:5425-Chris McCawley 3/2004-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:378-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection (includes the Holmes collection envelope)

EXTREMELY RARE N-25

LOT 1300 1849 N-25 R7 VG8+. Sharpness F12 or slightly better but there are some marks including a dig at star 9, another on the inner curl, and a small one on the rim at star 2. Mostly smooth but there is minor roughness in the fields on the reverse, and much (but not all) of that roughness is from the rusted die. Mostly glossy medium brown blending to chocolate in protected areas on the reverse. Only 10 examples of the variety are known, this one CC#8 in the Grellman census. One of the rarest business strike varieties in the entire series of Newcomb die varieties, 1816-1857. This was the ninth example discovered; it was found in Hawaii in 2020.

Ex O. M. Bautista (eBay) 3/22/2020-Herb Brunhofer-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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