Feb. 16, 2001, The Benson Collection Part 1, Sale 8

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The Dansky 1832 Collection

Large Cents

Lot 703
1832. Small letters. Newcomb-2, Low Rarity-3. Del Bland graded VF-30. Softly struck but with clean dark chocolate brown surfaces.
Estimated Value $125-150.

Lot 704
1832. Small letters. Newcomb-2, Low Rarity-3. VF-30. Glossy medium brown and with typical circulation marks for the grade.
Estimated Value $40-50.

Lot 705
1832. Small letters. Newcomb-2, Low Rarity-3. Del Bland graded VF-25. Dark chocolate brown with a lighter brown covering most of the reverse. Softly struck with nice surfaces.
Estimated Value $80-100.

Lot 706
1832. Small letters. Newcomb-2, Low Rarity-3. ANACS graded VF-20. Some minor porosity on both sides.
Estimated Value $30-45.

Lot 707 Click on photo for enlarged version Click on photo for enlarged version
1832. Large Letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-2. NGC graded MS-64 Red and Brown. A highlight of the large cents of 1832, this is the wide date variety and its a nice one. Smooth surfaces that show only a couple of trivial signs of handling and no spots or other detriments. We note some unimportant ticks on Liberty's face, being the high point, that usually attracts any contact that happens.
Estimated Value $700-900.

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1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown, and Del Bland graded MS-60. Just slightly better but there is a dark area between stars four and five and a small darkish spot touching star seven. Lovely, lustrous golden brown surfaces with some faint light steel blue overtones. Defect free and well struck.
Estimated Value $450-600.
Ex: Charles J. DuPont; Stack's 9/54:710; Dorothy Nelson; Stack's 2/76:110; Myles Z. Gerson; Jack H. Beymer 2/78; John J. Nichols, Jr.; Superior Galleries 2/92:570 (with flip from 2/92 Superior).

Lot 709
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. ANACS graded MS-61 Brown. Cleaned and nicely retoned. Nice surfaces for the grade, with some scuffs on the high points.
Estimated Value $150-200.

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1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. PCGS graded AU-58 and Del Bland graded AU-55. Medium and lighter chocolate brown with a large dark olive area in the field opposite the chin. Well struck and without blemishes.
Estimated Value $300-400.

Lot 711
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. PCGS graded AU-55 and Del Bland graded EF-45. Medium steel brown with traces of a lighter brown on the obverse and throughout the reverse. Clean except for a small nick opposite the eye and a tiny carbon spot touching the nostril.
Estimated Value $160-200.

Lot 712
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. NGC graded AU-53 Brown. Dark brown in color and well preserved. Trouble free devices and fields. A collector's coin.
Estimated Value $140-180.

Lot 713
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. PCGS graded AU-50 and Del Bland graded VF-35. Medium dark and light brown with a few handling marks on the obverse including a fine scratch on top the head and a minor dent on the lower neck.
Estimated Value $75-100.

Lot 714
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. Del Bland graded EF-45. Sharpness of AU-55 but very lightly burnished on Liberty, between the date and star one is some light carbon and at stars five and seven is microscopic evidence of raised dark red corrosion. Darkish steel brown. This cent is much nicer in appearance than the description indicates.
Estimated Value $125-175.

Lot 715
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. PCGS graded EF-45 and Del Bland graded VF-35. Medium chocolate brown with olive overtones. Below EN of CENT are two long pin scratches.
Estimated Value $85-125.

Lot 716
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. PCGS graded EF-45 and Del Bland graded VF-30. A little sharper but verdigris exists around many devices which with some effort is removable. Medium chocolate brown.
Estimated Value $60-80.

Lot 717
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. Del Bland graded EF-40. Sharpness of AU-50 but the forelock and hair above BER shows evidence of a crude attempt at tooling, faint evidence of smoothing is visible in the fields and at the top of L is a small scratch. Mixed medium and light brown.
Estimated Value $75-100.

Lot 718
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. Del Bland graded VF-35. Medium dark steel brown with a tiny nick in the field behind the neck. Nice coin.
Estimated Value $75-100.

Lot 719
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. Del Bland graded VF-30. Sharper by five points but between stars two and three is a line of minute pit marks and at star four is a larger one. Light brown with olive tones throughout the left obverse.
Estimated Value $60-80.

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1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3¼, Rarity-1. Del Bland graded MS-60. Golden tan with light reddish overtones on much of the obverse and reverse and a carbon spot between the tops of M and E in AMERICA. On the obverse are a couple minute nicks, so small they are invisible to the unaided eye. Double outlines on stars eight to thirteen.
Estimated Value $450-650.

Lot 721
1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3¼, Rarity-1. Del Bland graded VF-30. Sharpness of EF-40 but in the left obverse field and on Liberty evidence of smoothing can be seen under magnification. Medium steel tan, the obverse cleaned and nicely retoned. Double outlines on stars seven to twelve.
Estimated Value $50-75.

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1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3½, Rarity-1. PCGS graded AU-58 and Del Bland graded MS-61. Double profile. Mint State 61 with blunt striking on the top front line of the coronet and a thin, line-like planchet defect through the dentils over star eleven. Beautiful golden tan surfaces, slightly darker on area of both sides and a few truly microscopic abrasions on the obverse. Double profile on forehead, end of nose, lips and chin.
Estimated Value $450-600.

Lot 723
1832. Large letters, double profile. Newcomb-3½, Rarity-1. PCGS graded AU-50. Nice medium brown in color with well struck devices, only trivial marks on either side. Double profile in Liberty.
Estimated Value $130-170.

Lot 724
1832. Large letters, double profile. Newcomb-3½, Rarity-1. PCGS graded EF-45 and Del Bland graded VF-35. Darkish chocolate brown with a mixture of lighter brown. No defects worthy of mention except for a scratch at star ten. Double profile on the forehead.
Estimated Value $90-125.

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