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Noyes Plate Coin
Finest 1797 NC-5 Rarity
120
1797 NC-3 R6-. PCGS graded VG-10.
CAC APPROVED
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Glossy chocolate brown and steel blending to darker olive
brown in protected areas. The planchet is smooth, void of ay
corrosion or verdigris. Only minor contact marks consistent
with the grade. The notable ones are a few light, old scratches
in the field before the neck and a tiny chip in the hair left of
the forehead. M-LDS, Breen state II late, with a strong die
crack from the dentils over the A in STATES through TES to
the rim at right. This is the Noyes plate coin for the later die
state in his 1991 reference. Graded VG8 net VG7 and tied for
CC#2 in the Noyes census behind the corroded net VG10 ANS
example (but finest of those known with the die crack), his
photo #23332. Bland says VG7 and tied for CC#3 (but finest
of those with the crack).
Our grade is VG7.
The attribution
and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety. Only 2 examples
graded at PCGS (PCGS # 35963)
Estimated Value......................................................... $3,000-UP
Ex Chuck Furjanic (who bought it unattributed in 10/1973 at
the Penn-Ohio convention)-Gordon J. Wrubel 11/18/1973-C.
Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman
Auctions/Superior 6/5/2000:170 (the Doug Smith collection
envelope and Superior lot ticket are included).
121
1797NC-5R6.PCGSgradedAU-55.
CACAPPROVED
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Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with dark-
er steel brown and olive toning on the highpoints and
lighter steel brown in protected areas. Smooth and very
attractive with only light wear on the highpoints and no
notable defects. The best identifying marks, and it takes a
glass to see them, are a tiny planchet chip near the dentils
off the chin and an even smaller one between the feet of
the M & E in AMERICA. LDS, Breen state IV early. The
die crack from the lower end of the hair ribbon to the rim
is clear but the crack through the tops of RTY does not
extend to the right. This is the plate coin for the variety
in
Penny Whimsy
and the 1991 Noyes reference. Graded
VF35 Choice and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo
#21447. Bland says EF40 and CC#1.
Our grade is EF40.
The attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance
are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none
finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 35969)
Estimated Value....................... $15,000-UP
Ex Dr. William H. Sheldon (who found
it unattributed in 12/1956 in a large lot
of cents purchased in Massachusetts)-
Dorothy Paschal-Dr. William H. Sheldon
4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-
Eric Streiner 6/6/1996 (Naftzger collection
envelope included).