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Finest Available 1797 S-133
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1797 S-133 R5 Stemless Wreath. PCGS graded EF-45.
CAC
APPROVED
. Very attractive glossy light chocolate and olive
brown. Smooth with only a few minor contact marks. A dull
rim nick over the left top of the T in LIBERTY and a fine scratch
through BE are the only notable defects, and they are not at all
distracting. E-MDS, Breen state II, showing strong die clash-
marks on the obverse and a light die crack through ATE in
STATES. This is the Noyes plate coin for the die variety in his
1991 reference and both sides are also plated in Dr. Sheldon’s
Early American Cents
and
Penny Whimsy
.
Graded VF30 and
CC#2 behind an ANS Museum specimen in the Noyes census,
his photo #21311. Bland says VF25 and tied for CC#3 behind
two examples in the ANS.
Our grade is VF30.
The attribution
and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Se-
cure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS
# 35987)
Estimated Value ...........................................................................
$10,000-UP
Ex John Story Jenks, Henry Chapman 12/16/1921:6125 (there
attributed as “D-98”)-Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon
4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner 1/1994-Wes
Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/2005:3155 (Naftzger and Rasmussen
collection envelopes included).
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1797 S-134 R4. PCGS graded EF-45.
CAC AP-
PROVED
. Frosty medium chocolate brown and steel
with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints
and traces of lighter brown in protected areas. An attrac-
tive cent showing only microscopic marks, and a tiny
chip in the field behind the head is the only one visible
without a strong glass. LI and the opposing UNI are soft-
ly struck but everything else is nicely impressed. MDS,
Breen state IV early. There are two die cracks from the
dentils to the E in AMERICA but the bulges mentioned
by Breen are faint. Graded EF40 and tied for CC#3 in the
Noyes census, his photo #34981. Bland says VF30.
Our
grade is VF35.
The attribution and Reynolds provenance
are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 2; 1 finer in
AU53 at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 35933)
Estimated Value............................................... $5,000-UP
Ex Stephen Fischer 7/1996.