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WRIGHT PLATE COIN
330 1828 N-11 R2 EF45 . Five points sharper but there are a few
very fine scratches well hidden in the hair at the top of the ear
and a couple similar marks in the hair above the eye. Otherwise
the notable marks are a horizontal nick on the jaw and a shal-
low planchet flake in the field off the chin. Glossy medium
brown and light chocolate blending to olive brown in protected
areas. MDS. There are microscopic radial die flowlines in the
fields but the repunching on the first S in STATES and O in OF is
still clear. Graded AU50 by Del Bland. This is the plate coin for
the variety in the John Wright reference on the cents of 1816-
1839.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $300-UP
Ex Blaise Dantone (Peachtree Coin Shop)-R. S. Brown, Jr., Supe-
rior 9/30/1986:656 (Brown collection envelope and lot ticket
included).
331 Group of 6 Cents, 1828-1837, grading VF+. Includes 1828
N-11 R2, 1831 N-11 R2 Medium Letters Reverse, 1833 N-6 R1,
1836 N-3 R1, 1837 N-3 R1 Plain Hair Cord, and 1837 N-9 R1
Beaded Hair Cord. An attractive group. Lot of 6 coins.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $300-UP
Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection.
332 1829 N-9 R4 Medium Letters Reverse VF20. Glossy
medium brown and light chocolate. Smooth and attractive offer-
ing great eye appeal. The only marks are some very tiny pin-
pricks just right of the bottom of star 6. E-MDS with a very light
die crack from the dentils through star 12 and the portrait to
star 4 where the crack fades away. The strike is typical for the
variety with softness on all the stars and most of the devices
while the color and surfaces are consistent with a higher grade.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $300-UP
333 Pair of Cents, 1830 & 1833. Includes 1830 N-1 R1 M-LDS
with die cracks on the obverse VF35+, and 1833 N-6 R1 LDS
with a small internal cud break inside the N in UNITED EF45.
Both are smooth and attractive for the grade. Lot of 2 coins.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $300-UP
Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection.
334 1830 N-6 R4 Medium Letters Reverse VF20. Glossy
medium chocolate brown and steel. The obverse is smooth and
choice while the reverse displays microscopic dirt in the fields
and protected areas. The only notable marks are a few very dull
scratches above and to the right of the date and a shallow
streak of planchet flakes or laminations connecting the top of
the F in OF to the foot of the adjacent A in AMERICA. E-MDS.
The die crack off the bust tip has not formed. Rather well struck
for this popular "Redbook" variety, which usually comes with
significant weakness on the stars and along the top of the head.
Estimated Value .......................................................$500-UP
Ex Jim Corrado 1/1978-the Rod Burress Collection.
335 Pair of Rare Cents, 1830 & 1831. Includes 1830 N-11 R5
MDS VG7 net AG3 for light corrosion, and 1831 N-8 R3 very rare
LDS with a bold cud break at TED-S F12 net AG3 for moderate
corrosion and rim dents (but the cud break is strong). Lot of 2
coins.
Estimated Value .......................................................$100-UP
336 Group of 13 Cents, 1817-1855, graded VG-Fine. Some are
slightly sharper with minor defects. Includes an 1817 N-16 15-
Star Obverse, 1821 N-2, and 1846 N-26. All have a clear date.
Lot of 13 coins.
Estimated Value .......................................................$150-UP
Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection.
337 1831 N-7 R1 Large Letters Reverse PCGS graded AU58.
Lustrous medium olive and chocolate with hints of underlying
very faded mint color on the obverse and 15% of the reverse
showing faded mint red. There is a delicate scuff in the field
between star 3 and the nose and another on the cheek, and
these scuffs break the toning. Otherwise this cent is choice. LDS
with crumbling in the notch on the right side of the R in AMER-
ICA. Our grade is AU55. Housed in an older generation PCGS
slab with a green label.
Estimated Value .......................................................$300-UP
Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:1155-R. J.
Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included).
338 1831 N-7 R1 Large Letters Reverse AU50. Frosty light
brown and tan with slightly darker steel brown toning on the
highpoints and puffs of darker bluish steel toning at AM and RI
in AMERICA. Underlying mint luster covers the fields and pro-
tected areas and the eye appeal is excellent. The notable marks
are a dull diagonal nick left of the ear lobe and a small spot of
darker toning in the field right of the lower right point of star 2.
MDS. The fields are lightly flowlined but the crumbling in the
notch of the R in AMERICA has not formed. The reverse is
rotated 25 degrees CCW from the normal head-to-foot orienta-
tion.
Estimated Value .......................................................$300-UP
Ex 1983 EAC Sale, lot 399-Chris McCawley 5/1983-the Rod
Burress Collection.