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1797 S-143 R5 Stemless Wreath. PCGS graded AU-55.
Lightly
cleaned and expertly retoned an attractive glossy medium chocolate
brown and steel with peeps of frosty lighter steel brown in some of
the protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and the only marks are
trivial. The notable ones are a thin diagonal nick close over the hair
ribbon and a dull nick in the field before the lower lip. There are some
tiny planchet chips on both sides, strongest on the face and from the
T in CENT into the leaves below (all as struck). MDS, Breen state II
showing fine die clashmarks on both sides. Graded EF45 and CC#1 in
the Noyes census his photo #21358. Bland says EF45 and CC#1.
Our
grade is AU50 sharpness net EF45
. The attribution and Naftzger-
Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none
finer at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 35990)
Estimated Value................................................................... $20,000-UP
Ex Walter Breen (who found it unattributed at a convention in Oakland
California on 10/28/1961)-Dorothy Paschal 11/1961-Dr. William H.
Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner 1/1994-
Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/2005:3167 (Naftzger and Rasmussen
collection envelopes included).