Terry Denman Collection of Middle Dates Part 1

THE TERRY DENMAN COLLECTION  FINEST 1822 N-11

LOT 110 1822 N-11 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Brown . Lustrous reddish steel brown with overtones of light rose and bluish steel. Mellowed mint red covers the protected areas on both sides and the eye appeal of this piece is outstanding. The only marks are a faint spot of darker toning at the peak of the 1 in the date and a pair of tiny nick-like planchet voids on the cheek right of the nostril (as struck). EDS, state a, with a fine but sharp inner circle from star 1 to star 7. The strike is needle sharp except for the radial lines in some of the lower stars, and the fields are void of flowlines. A beautiful cent. Called MS65+ and finest known in the Bland census. Noyes says MS63 and CC#1, his photo #21514. Our grade is MS64. 36742.64/25134946

Ex Abner Kreisberg 8/1955-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:136-Terry S. Denman Collection  THIRD FINEST 1822 N-12

LOT 111 1822 N-12 R4 MS60 . Lustrous light olive and steel brown with bluish steel overtones, especially on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and this cent would be choice if not for a tiny, very shallow pit in the field left of star 9. The area around this pit is toned a darker shade of steel brown and is very lightly abraded. The reverse of this cent is flawless and outstanding. EDS with microscopic radial die flowlines. The die crack down through star 7 is very fine. This is the plate coin for the die variety in John D. Wright’s 1992 reference The Cent Book 1816-1839. Graded MS60 and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #27793. Removed from an NGC holder graded MS64BN (NGC label #2038628-046 included, and it shows the attribution and Mervis Collection provenance).  Ex Walter Scott, New Netherlands Coin Co. #44, 1954:192-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/1976 (via Del Bland)-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr.-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:569-Herman Halpern, Stack’s 3/16/1988:388-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:785-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:678-Stack’s /American Numismatic Rarities 6/2004:4053-Chris McCawley-Thomas D. Reynolds-Adam Mervis, Heritage Auctions 1/14/2014:2087-Greg Hannigan 4/2014-Terry S. Denman Collection

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