Terry Denman Collection of Middle Dates Part 1

THE TERRY DENMAN COLLECTION 

SUPERB LATE STATE N-2

LOT 16 1817 N-2 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Brown . Lustrous bluish steel and olive with underlying very faded mint red, particularly on the obverse. Tiny specks of lighter brown and tan toning are sprinkled over the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and the eye appeal is superb. The only mark, and it is trivial, is a tiny diagonal tick on the truncation over the right side of the 8. LDS, die state f, with a bisecting die crack across the reverse from the rim at F-A to the rim at NI in UNITED. Graded MS63 and tied for CC#1 honors with one other piece in the Noyes census, his photo #20887. Bland says MS63 and CC#2 in his census. Our grade is MS64. Comes with a great provenance that includes many famous collectors of large cents. 36553.65/83246182 Ex Walter Allen (Scotland), New Netherlands Coin Co. #44, 6/1954:190-Gene Reale-Richard Picker-C. Douglas Smith-Del Bland-Darwin B. Palmer, Jr., Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-Jerry A. Bobbe 6/1979-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr., 1990 EAC Sale 5/1990:80 (as MS65)-John J. Nicholas, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:491-Andrew Hain, Stack’s 1/15/2002:762-Manuel Ahumada Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/4/2017:10-Terry S. Denman Collection  CONDITION CENSUS N-3

LOT 17 1817 N-3 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Brown . Highly lustrous light bluish steel brown with a small puff of slightly darker toning at the base of the T in CENT. Satiny and very attractive with just a few microscopic contact marks on the cheek and in the field before the portrait. Sharply struck E-MDS, die state a, with a faint crack through the base of 181 but no “Mouse” break on top of the head under star 8. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #35809. Bland says MS60+ and tied for CC#6. Our grade is MS62. 36556.65/13079741

Ex J. P. Young, Barney Bluestone 9/29/1945:689-T. James Clarke 10/1954-Dr. James O. Sloss, Abe Kosoff, 10/21/1959:125-Willard C. Blaisdell (via Del Bland) 9/1976-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:20-Terry S. Denman Collection

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