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LOT 465 1853 N-28 R3+ Repunched 1, PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Choice medium brown and steel with mint frost covering the fields and protected areas. Mark-free except for a pair of extremely faint hairlines on the jawline. This cent has choice mint state eye appeal but there is a faint trace of rub on the highpoints. LDS, die state c. The die lines seen in the earlier states are gone as is the repunching under the 1, and the top of the 8 has become weak from die wear. Our grade is AU58. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS65BN (NGC label #1663082-010 included and it shows the attribution). The attribution and Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 406044.63/20563312 Ex 1991 GNA bourse-J. R. Grellman 5/1991-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1241-Martin Paul-Chris McCawley-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:577-Dr. Bruce Tucker, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/13/2017:721 (includes the Holmes and Tucker collection envelopes and the last 2 lot tickets)

 SECOND FINEST 1853 N-29

LOT 466 1853 N-29 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous bright mint red fading to light steel brown on the highpoints with 75% of the original mint color remaining. The only notable mark is a shallow planchet flake in the dentils at the second A in AMERICA, and that flake is darkly toned. E-MDS, die state b early. The short die lines from the neck are faint but the lines at stars 1-2 are clear. A very shallow low spot covers the lower half of the face and upper half of the neck (as struck). An impressive cent; a gem if not for the low spot and flake (both as struck). Our grade is MS63+, second finest of the variety in the Grellman census. 406048.64/31543738

Ex William Yates, 1995 EAC Sale, lot 475-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1243-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack’s Bowers 7/16/2015:2654

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