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Session One - Sunday, January 25, 2015 10:00 am
BEAUTIFUL RED & BROWN
1852 N-6 WITH CUD
807 1852 N-6 R2 MS64 . Highly lustrous bluish steel brown
and chocolate with 15% of the original mint red remaining.
No spots, stains, or contact marks; essentially flawless. The
eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. LDS, die state c, with
a large rim cud break from just below star 9 to star 12.
CC#3 overall but second finest of those known with the
large rim cud in the Grellman census. Removed from a
PCGS slab graded MS65RB (PCGS old green label
#1899.65/9239519 included).
Estimated Value .............................................. $1,000-UP
Ex Doug Durasoff.
808 1852 N-7 R1 Repunched Date EF45+. Frosty medium
brown and light chocolate with slightly darker steel brown ton-
ing on the highpoints. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and
protected areas giving this cent excellent eye appeal. The only
marks are two rim nicks on the lower part of the reverse. Scarce
EDS, die state a. Repunching is visible on all 4 digits of the date.
Very close to AU50.
Estimated Value .......................................................$150-UP
Ex Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/4/1984:1908-Carvin Goodridge,
McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/2/2013:582 (the
Starr lot ticket is included).
809 Trio of 1852 Cents graded EF40. Includes N-7 R1
Repunched Date LDS (c), N-12 R1 Repunched 1 LDS (c, New-
comb's #13), and N-18 R3 EDS (a, a rare die state) (removed
from an NGC slab graded AU58BN, label #3313371-007
included, and it shows the attribution). A nice group, all glossy
brown and chocolate. Lot of 3 coins.
Estimated Value .......................................................$200-UP
Ex Doug Durasoff. The N-18 is also ex Henry C. Hines-Lillian
Scheer-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/1976-Del Bland-Rod Burress-Heri-
tage Auctions #1159:7081.
810 1852 N-8 R2 NGC graded MS66 Brown. Highly lustrous
light bluish steel and olive brown with generous traces of mel-
lowed mint red showing in the protected areas on both sides.
Sharply struck and very attractive. The notable marks are a
small, microscopic abrasion in the field off the chin and a tiny
nick on the nose even with the bottom edge of the eye. LDS, die
state d, with a couple very fine die cracks on the obverse and
one more on the reverse. Our grade is MS63. The Agora Col-
lection provenance is shown on the NGC label.
Estimated Value .......................................................$800-UP
From the Agora Collection.
811 1852 N-8 R2 PCGS graded MS63 Red & Brown. Lustrous
mint red fading to light steel brown with more than half the
mint color remaining. The only significant mark is a faint spot of
reddish carbon hidden in the midst of a shallow low spot that
covers most of the neck (caused by debris on the die). Similar
tiny low spots extend down to the 18 in the date. MDS, die state
c, with a fine die crack from the lowest curl to the dentils under
star 13 and a faint die crack from the tip of the coronet to the
dentils over star 5. Our grade is MS62. The attribution is
shown on the PCGS label.
Estimated Value .......................................................$300-UP
Ex Heritage Auction #1175:7166-Doug Durasoff.
812 1852 N-8 R2 MS60. Glossy light olive brown and steel with
golden tan in protected areas. No spots or stains, only a few
trivial contact marks of no significance. A thin, sharp nick on the
right top of the I in AMERICA is the best identifying mark.
Sharply struck EDS, die state a. The dies are uncracked and the
fields are slightly reflective.
Estimated Value .......................................................$250-UP
Ex Bowers & Merena 11/13/1997:126-McCawley & Grellman
Auctions/Superior 9/19/1999:578 (both lot tickets included).