TNA2024

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

 CONDITION CENSUS 1853 N-29

LOT 467 1853 N-29 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Choice lustrous light olive and bluish steel brown with 15% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse. Smooth and satiny with trivial marks are great eye appeal. The only marks, and they are barely visible, are some tiny spots of darker toning at stars 6-9. MDS, die state b. The die lines near the dentils at stars 1-2 are dull but visible. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#3 honors in the Grellman census. The attribution and Twin Leaf Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 406047.64/84715162

Ex Bowers & Merena 5/27/1994:2215-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack’s Bowers 11/9/2017:1086 (includes the Wadlington collection envelope and B&M lot ticket)

LOT 468 1853 N-29 R3 ANACS graded AU53. Frosty light brown with a few small puffs of reddish brown toning on both sides. The fields are satiny in protected areas. Very light friction on the highpoints and only trivial contact marks including a dull tick on the nose even with the bottom of the eye. MDS, die state b. The short die lines from the neck are gone but the stronger ones from the dentils at star 2 are still visible. Our grade is EF45+. The attribution is noted on the ANACS label. 7330829

LOT 469 1853 N-30 R2 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Lustrous light bluish steel brown and light olive with 20% of the mellowed mint color on both sides. There are some very tiny spots of dark toning scattered over the obverse, a shallow low spot covering the neck (as struck), dull nicks on stars 5 & 6, and a nick on the end of the wreath ribbon. None of these defects is distracting and the eye appeal is excellent. EDS, die state a, with fine die lines from the dentils below star 13. Our grade is MS62 , tied for CC#8 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Twin Leaf Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 406050.63/84715165 Ex Douglas F. Bird 12/1994-Walter Dudgeon 6/1998 (via Bob Grellman)-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1247-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack’s Bowers 11/9/2017:1089-Goldbergs 9/3/2018:146 (includes the last lot ticket)

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