Terry Denman Collection of Middle Dates Part 1

THE TERRY DENMAN COLLECTION 

CONDITION CENSUS N-7

LOT 71 1819 N-7 R4 NGC AU Details, Burnished . A smooth, attractive cent that was lightly burnished and retoned a glossy chocolate and olive brown with some steel overtones. No roughness other than the usual die rust that covers most of the reverse. The only marks are a few minor nicks including a thin diagonal one in the field between the bust tip and star 1 and a couple ticks over the left top of the T in CENT, plus a dull nick in the dentils at the bottom of the reverse. MDS. The obverse die is smooth while the reverse is covered with fine die rust (tiny lumps on the coin). The dentils are complete and clear all the way around the reverse. Called VF35 and tied for CC#5 among the confirmed examples in the Bland census. Noyes says EF40 net VF30 and tied for CC#6, his photo #25244. Our grade is net VF30. Comes with a nice provenance. 2038628-031 Ex Henry C. Hines-Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 5/16/1945:527-Floyd T. Starr, Stack’s 6/13/1984:118-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3428-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:117-Adam Mervis, Heritage Auctions 1/10/2014:2054-Chris McCawley-Terry S. Denman Collection

LOT 72 1819 N-8 R1 MS60 . Frosty light golden tan with steel brown toning on the highpoints. Sharply struck and lustrous with only minor marks including a small splash of slightly darker brown toning at stars 7-8, a nick on the nose, and another high on the cheek near the hair. The reverse is choice, void of defects. EDS, die state a, with smooth fields and a sharp die line between the feet of the A & T in STATES. Probably a survivor of the famous Randall Hoard of mint state cents uncovered following the US Civil War. 

Ex C. Douglas Smith-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC Sale, lot 225-Evan L. Kopald Chris McCawley 8/14/2013-Terry S. Denman Collection

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