Terry Denman Collection of Middle Dates Part 1

THE TERRY DENMAN COLLECTION

LOT 24 1817 N-7 R3+ PCGS graded AU53, CAC Approved . Glossy tan and light brown delicately mottled with small puffs of darker olive brown on the obverse. Mint frost shows in the fields and protected areas and this cent has excellent eye appeal. Just light friction on the devices and the only notable marks are a light diagonal scratch under star 7 and a small chip on the rim over the second S in STATES. LDS, die state d, with fine die cracks on the obverse and narrow rim cuds at stars 12 & 13 (the cuds are barely visible due to centering). The “Mouse” on top of the head is strong. Our grade is EF45 36568.53/30811035

Ex Stack’s FPL 1969-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:465-Dennis Mendelson, Superior 2/3/1991:226-Jeffery Gresser 6/1992-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/1996:421-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack’s Bowers 7/16/2015:2022-Terry S. Denman Collection

 ATTRACTIVE “MOUSE TOP” N-7

LOT 25 1817 N-7 R3+ PCGS graded AU58+, CAC Approved . Lustrous steel brown and light chocolate with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and lustrous lighter toning in the protected areas. Virtually flawless. Looks mint state to the unaided eye but a glass reveals a light touch of friction on the highest points of the devices. The best identifying mark is a small spot of darker toning (not carbon) near the hair under star 7. M-LDS, die state c. The “Mouse” break resting on the top of the head under star 8 is strong. There are four die cracks elsewhere on the obverse, the strongest of these arcing down from the tip of the nose toward star 2, but no cud breaks. Called AU55 and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 and tied for CC#4 in his census, photo #27884. Our grade is AU55. A very attractive example of the popular “Mouse Top” die state. 36568.58+/83246702 Ex Frederic W. Geiss, B. Max Mehl 2/18/1947:130-Dr. Kenneth J. Sartoris 1972-Del Bland-Jack Collins, Bowers & Ruddy 1/25/1983:561-Ed Jasper, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/29/2012:375-Manuel Ahumada Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/4/2017:15-Terry S. Denman Collection

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