Torres Half Cent Collection

LOT 53

1805 C-1 R2- Repunched 5, Stemless Wreath, MS65 Brown PCGS. Frosty light brown blending to chocolate with tan in protected areas, particularly on the obverse. There are a half dozen small puffs of darker olive brown toning on the reverse, the largest one under the second T in STATES. The only contact mark is a tiny tick in the field off the upper edge of the hair ribbon. Otherwise this piece is choice. Sharply struck E-MDS, Manley state 1.0, with a small rim cud off the end of the right end of the wreath ribbon. The repunching at the top of the 5 is sharp. This is the plate coin for the variety in the 1998 Manley reference (the large photos on page 163). Our grade is MS62. Certainly one of the finest known of the variety. Only two examples of the variety have been graded MS65BN by PCGS, this piece and the one in the famous Missouri Cabinet Collection that this cataloger also graded MS62 (lot 78 in the McCawley & Grellman/Goldbergs 1/26/2014 auction that realized $69,000). A beautiful half cent that comes with a very nice provenance. 35179.65/45724169 $29,500 Ex Numismatic Gallery (Abe Kosoff & Abner Kreisberg) 5/1945:356-1971 ANA Sale (Stack’s) 8/1971:1-William K. Raymond Roger S. Cohen, Jr. 3/1980-James R. McGuigan, Heritage Auctions 8/22/2022:3070 (as PCGS MS65BN, CAC)-Heritage Auctions 2/27/2023:53098 (via Chris McCawley) 3/14/2023-The J. Torres Collection of Half Cents

LOT 54 1805 C-1 R2- Repunched 5, Stemless Wreath, AU58 PCGS. Frosty olive brown and steel with light golden brown toning in protected areas. The only notable marks are a couple light diagonal scratches under EN in CENT and a shallow low spot around the C in CENT (as struck). MDS, Manley state 2.0, with a slightly larger rim cud off the right end of the wreath ribbon. Our grade is AU50. 1081.58/26813637 $2,600 Ex Heritage Auctions 8/10/2016:3040-Liberty Rare Coins 8/14/2016-The J. Torres Collection of Half Cents

The J. Torres Collection of Half Cents

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