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1833 N-2 R2 MS60
. Very attractive lustrous medium steel
brown and light chocolate. Essentially flawless. The best identi-
fying marks are a faint hairline scratch on the jaw and a hint of
slightly darker toning on the first S in STATES. E-MDS with the
reverse rotated 30 degrees clockwise from the normal head-to-
foot orientation.
Estimated Value .......................................................$500-UP
Ex Superior 6/2/1986:332-March Wells, McCawley &Grellman
Auctions/Superior 2/7/2000:1965-R. J. Rudolph Collection
(includes the Wells collection envelope and both lot tickets)
.
340
1834 N-1 R1 Small 8, Large Stars PCGS graded MS64
Brown
. Lustrous light chocolate and steel brown with satiny
mint frost covering the fields and protected areas. No notable
marks, but there is a hint of friction on the highest points of the
design. MDS with the repunching inside the C in AMERICA still
clear. The reverse is rotated 20 degrees CW. Called MS60 net
AU55 in the Noyes census, his photo #21746. A very nice cent
with choice mint state eye appeal.
Our grade is AU58
. The
attribution and Naftzger provenance are noted on the PCGS
label.
Estimated Value .......................................................$750-UP
Ex Gordon J. Wrubel-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 8/11/1974-C.
Douglas Smith 5/8/1983-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grell-
man Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:294-R. J. Rudolph Collection
(includes the Smith-Naftzger collection envelope and lot ticket)
.
P
ROOFLIKE
1835 N-2
341
1835 N-2 R3 Head of 1834 PCGS graded MS63
Brown
. Beautiful medium chocolate brown and steel with
10% of the mint color remaining, mostly on the reverse.
There is a splash of slightly reddish chocolate toning at
stars 9-11, and microscopic traces of very fine verdigris or
dirt can be found in this area. The only other mark is a faint
streak of slightly darker toning from star 2 to star 4. The
reverse is choice, just a couple light nicks under the wreath
from flawless. Sharply struck EDS with prooflike fields on
both sides. A remarkable cent, certainly one of the first
struck from this pair of dies. Graded MS60 and tied for
CC#2 honors in the Noyes census, his photo #33270.
Our
grade is MS60.
The attribution is noted on the PCGS
label.
Estimated Value .............................................. $1,500-UP
342
1835 N-8 R1 Head of 1836 MS62
. Very attractive lustrous
light bluish steel and light olive brown with peeps of very faded
mint color in a few of the protected areas on the obverse. The
only flaws, and they are insignificant, are a spot of lighter red-
dish brown toning in the field under the hair bun and a light
scuff on the truncation just left of the lowest curl. Satiny mint
luster covers the fields and this cent offers outstanding eye
appeal. MDS with a die crack that meanders from the rim up
through the 1 and neck to the bottom of the ear where it fades
away.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $400-UP
Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection
.
343
Trio of Cents, 1836-1856
. Includes 1836 N-6 R2 LDS VF25+,
1855 N-9 R1 Italic 55 very rare LDS (g) with a nearly complete
"Knob" break at the ear (only two microscopic dimples left
unfilled) F12, and 1856 N-1 R1 Italic 5 MDS EF40. Lot of 3
coins.
Estimated Value ....................................................... $100-UP