TNA2024

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS 

EXTREMELY RARE 1848 N-46

LOT 374 1848 N-46 R7 PCGS Fine Details, Damage. Sharpness F12 but there is a rather deep dig at the right side of star 6, the rim over star 7 was slightly flattened, and there is a small splash of silvery solder or plating at the dentils under star 12. Otherwise smooth with trivial marks. No corrosion or verdigris. Glossy light to medium brown fading to light chocolate in protected areas. This extremely rare variety combines the earliest state of the N-44/32/6 obverse die with the intermediate state of the N-10/11 reverse die. The attribution points are clear on this example. This die marriage was discovered in 1991 by Thomas R. Wagemaker (who retains the discovery coin that grades about F12), and only 6 other examples have been confirmed. This was the second example found. Our grade is net VG7, tied for CC#4 honors in that short census list of 7 pieces in the Grellman census. Plated in the third (2001) edition of the Grellman book on late date cents. A decent example of one of the three rarest business strike varieties in the 1840-1857 series (the two rarer varieties are unique: 1847 N-43 and 1851 N-42, both unique marriages of known dies. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Ex Don Weathers 7/1995-J. R. Grellman 9/1995-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:660 ($7475)-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., Goldbergs 1/30/2011:329 ($8625)-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection, Goldbergs 9/26/2021:196 ($9300; includes the Brown and Holmes collection envelopes and all 3 lot tickets)

LOT 375 Group of 11 Cents, 1848-1854, grading F12 to VF20. Some are slightly sharper with minor defects but all have a clear date. A decent group. Lot of 11 coins.

LOT 377 1849 N-2 R2 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Very attractive frosty tan and light brown with slightly darker steel brown on the highpoints. Looks mint state but a glass reveals very light friction on the highpoints. Just a few contact marks including a tick on the nose before the eyelash, another on the end of the nose, and a rim bruise over the first T in STATES (which is the only defect visible to the unaided eye). LDS, die state gg, with extensive crumbling on the reverse. Our grade is net EF45+, very close to AU50. The attribution and Twin Leaf Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 405637.63/31374301

LOT 376 1849 N-2 R2 PCGS graded MS63 Brown, CAC Approved. Frosty light to medium steel brown. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has very nice eye appeal. The only notable marks are a puff of reddish brown toning on the right half of the 4 in the date, a light scratch in the field over star 1, and a tiny pinprick midway between stars 11 & 12. Nicely struck MDS, die state t, with extensive crumbling on the reverse and a strong line that connects the upper parts of the O & F in OF. Our grade is MS60, the finest example of this specific die state in the Grellman census. The attribution and Heard provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 405637.63/11860190

Ex Chris McCawley 3/30/1988-Wesley A. Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:253 R. S. Brown, Jr.-Thomas D. Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/2000:2240-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack’s Bowers 7/16/2015:2505

Ex Chris McCawley 2/2008-Gene Heard Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/4/2017:363 (lot ticket included)

Saturday, June 29 th , 2024 4PM CST

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