Terry Denman Collection of Middle Dates Part 1

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 14 1817 N-2 R3 PCGS graded VF35 . Glossy medium chocolate brown with slightly lighter steel brown on the highpoints. Smooth surfaces with minor contact marks including a tiny diagonal scratch under the end of the bust and another vertical one down from the curl above the 7. EDS, die state a, before the radial crack to the first S in STATES. Our grade is VF25. 1594.35/26338269

Ex Terry S. Denman Collection

 THE NEWCOMB-STARR N-2

LOT 15 1817 N-2 R3 AU55 . Choice frosty light olive and steel brown. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and protected areas and this cent has outstanding eye appeal. Looks mint state but there is a trace of rub on the highest points of the devices. The only marks are a half dozen small spots of olive brown toning on the obverse including one hidden in the curl above star 13 and another at the bust tip. MDS with a radial die crack from the rim down through the center of the first S in STATES to the wreath, but this crack fades away before it reaches the O in ONE. A very nice example of this scarce die variety. Called AU55 and tied for CC#4 among the confirmed examples in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 net AU50 and tied for CC#6, his photo #56696. A beautiful cent that comes with a famous provenance. 

Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 5/16/1945:496-Floyd T. Starr, Stack’s 6/13/1984:80-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3374-Ed Jasper, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/29/2012:363-Terry S. Denman Collection

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