Terry Denman Collection of Middle Dates Part 1

THE TERRY DENMAN COLLECTION 

CONDITION CENSUS 1818 N-2

1818 N-2 R4+ PCGS graded MS63 Brown . Lustrous bluish steel brown and light olive. A beautiful, satiny cent that looks mint state, but there is a rather strong vertical nick in the field off the chin, and this mark catches your eye. Otherwise there are just a few trivial marks including a tiny planchet chip at the bottom of the neck, a light nick in the field over the N in ONE, and a small planchet chip left of that O. E-MDS, die state c. In addition to the always-present fine die cracks through the top of UNITED ST and another through the bottom of STAT, there is a fine die crack joining stars 4 & 5 and a thin radial die crack from the right center of the T in UNITED to the dentils above. Sharply struck everywhere except the forelock and first 2 stars, which are a bit weak (as usual). The fields are smooth and slightly reflective suggesting the fine die cracks occurred very early in this die marriage Called AU50 and tied for CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 net EF45 and tied for CC#3, his photo #25195. Our grade is AU50. Comes with a nice provenance. 36604.63/30809082 Ex W. A. P. Thompson, Henry Chapman 5/13/1915:1352-Henry C. Hines (via Dr. William H. Sheldon and Numismatic Gallery)-Floyd T. Starr, Stack’s 6/13/1984:100-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3401-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:75-Terry S. Denman Collection

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