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Sale 59
Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction
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Lot 148 |
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1821 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded AU-58. Glossy light brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and chocolate toning on the upper right two-thirds of the reverse. There are some very light contact marks scattered about both sides, including a thin diagonal nick over star 13 and a dull nick on the top of the O in ONE. A small spot of darker olive toning close under star 4 is the best identifying mark. EDS but not quite the earliest with slightly reflective fields on both sides and minor crumbling in the dentils at stars 6-7. The reverse remains uncracked. Our grade is AU50. Pop 1; The finest of only 2 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2908 (PCGS # 36706) .
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex George Ramont-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19801.
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$5,520 |
Lot 149 |
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1821 N-1 R1 VF20. VF-20. Sharpness EF40 but covered with fine hairline scratches and tiny nicks, none notable but far too many for the sharpness grade. Glossy steel brown and chocolate. Sharply struck MDS with a very fine die crack extending from the dentils through the I in UNITED across the wreath through the C in AMERICA to the dentils over the adjacent I in addition to the earlier dentil fusing at stars 6-7. The die crack is clearest at the C in AMERICA, but it is never strong. DWH #0533.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Jim Corrado 1/88.
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$690 |
Lot 150 |
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1821 N-1 R1 VG7. VG-7. Slightly sharper but the obverse is covered with light contact marks and there is a patch of minor roughness left of star 5. Slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate. Rare LDS with a die crack from the dentils at star 1 through stars 2 & 3 to the dentils near star 4, and this crack is strong. There is crumbling in the dentils over star 5 in addition to the earlier crumbling at stars 6-7. DWH #1883.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Doug Bird 4/99-March Wells, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/7/2000:1828.
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$173 |
Lot 151 |
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1821 N-2 R1 EF45. EF-45. Glossy dark steel brown with underlying lighter brown in protected areas. A tiny nick just left of the bottom of O in ONE is the best identifying mark. MDS. The dies have been freshly lapped and the fields are slightly reflective. The line from the bust tip found on early state examples is weaker and clearly detached from the bust tip itself. Called EF40 in the Noyes census, his photo #37025. DWH #0536.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Bruno Crossfield 12/56-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC Sale, lot 246-Doug Bird 4/15/89.
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$2,760 |
Lot 152 |
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1821 N-2 R1. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Lustrous light bluish steel brown with traces of original mint red remaining on the obverse, at least 5% of the mint color present on the reverse. Excellent luster and eye appeal, only a few trivial marks. These include some microscopic ticks on the cheek, a small spot of dark crud in the field over the right side of star 3, a small spot of reddish chocolate toning just right of star 2, and a tiny speck of reddish chocolate toning near the leaf over the C in CENT. M-LDS. The die line from the bust tip is gone but the dentils at stars 6-7 are not fused. The fields are smooth and slightly reflective. A very attractive example of a date that's seldom found in grades above VF. Called MS62 and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #31144. Bland says MS60+ and tied for CC#5 in his census. Comes with a long, distinguished provenance. Our grade is MS60+. Pop 1; None finer. Only 2 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2592 (PCGS # 36709) .
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex George M. Parsons, Henry Chapman 6/24/1914:1850-Henry C. Hines-Charles Wheeler, Stack's 1976 ANA Sale, lot 372-Jerry Bobbe-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC sale, lot 247-Denis Loring 12/98-John B. MacDonald-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3460.
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$24,150 |
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