Terry Denman Collection of Middle Dates Part 1

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

 FINEST 1822 N-13 RARITY

LOT 112 1822 N-13 R5 PCGS graded AU55, CAC Approved . Glossy steel brown and tan with frosty mint luster covering the protected areas on both sides. Lighter brown and tan toning dominates on the reverse. Lightly worn on the devices with smooth surfaces and minor contact marks. A pair of very light hairline scratches over star 1 and a tick on the coronet over the B are the only notable defects. The only thing that catches your eye is the uneven toning on the right side of the obverse. The reverse is choice. Early die state. The fields on both sides are smooth and slightly reflective from a fresh die lapping performed before this brief marriage of two previously-used dies. This was the third example discovered of the die variety, and it is the finest known among the 50 or so examples known today. This is the plate coin for the variety in the John Wright reference on the 1816-1839 cent series. Called EF40 and finest known in the Noyes census, his photo #26871. Bland says VF35 and CC#1 in his census. Our grade is EF40. 36748.55/30808783 Ex Norman Schultz-Garry F. Fitzgerald 11/13/1968-Jules Reiver, Heritage Auctions 1/24/2006:19817-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:172-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack’s Bowers 7/16/2015:2106-Terry S. Denman Collection

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