Terry Denman Collection of Middle Dates Part 1

THE TERRY DENMAN COLLECTION 

FINEST 1825 N-7 EX HINES-DOWNING-NAFTZGER

LOT 129 1825 N-7 R3 Repunched 5, PCGS graded MS65 Brown, CAC Approved . Choice lustrous light bluish steel brown with attractive satiny mint frost covering the surfaces. Faint peeps of faded mint red are visible on the obverse while 10% of the reverse shows brighter red color. Sharply struck with great eye appeal and trivial marks. The best identifying marks are a small spot of darker toning in the field under star 6, a dull and barely visible nick on the tip of the chin, and a tick on the center of the line below CENT. Only the spot under star 6 catches your eye. The portrait is bold and there are full radial lines in all the stars. MDS, die state e, with a die crack from the curl at star 13 down to the dentils just right of the date and a rim cud break at star 11 extending halfway up to star 10. The exact status of the rim cuds/crumbling is uncertain due to the strike being a bit off center to K-9. The repunching on the 5 is sharp. Previously identified as the Newcomb plate coin for the variety, but that is not correct. Called MS65 choice and finest known by a full 5 points in the Noyes census, his photo #21287. Bland says MS60+ and CC#1. Both agree this is the only mint state example outside the ANS Museum. Our grade is MS63+, close to MS64 . 36799.65/25134746

Ex the property of A. R. L (Minneapolis), Thomas L. Elder 4/1926:1451-Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale, 8/18/1952:2164-Harold Bareford-Auction ‘80 (Stack’s) 8/15/1980:1055-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:162-Terry S. Denman Collection

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