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Noyes Plate Coin S-173
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1798 S-173 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded MS-
62 Brown.
CAC APPROVED
. Frosty reddish steel brown
and light chocolate with darker steel brown toning on the
highpoints and lighter steel brown in protected areas. The
only marks, and they are insignificant, are a thin diagonal
nick on the jaw near the throat and a tiny planchet flake
in the dentils under the first 0 in the denominator. Neither
mark is visible to the unaided eye and this cent offers ex-
cellent eye appeal. M-LDS, Breen state VII early. The cud
break at RTY is bold but the die crack through the tops of
LI to the dentils at the left is faint. Struck with the reverse
die rotated 20 degrees CCW. This is the plate coin for the
die variety in the 1991 Noyes reference. Graded AU55
and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #23320.
Bland says AU55 and tied for CC#5.
Our grade is AU55.
Comes with a great provenance. The attribution and
Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS
Secure label.
Pop 2; 1 finer in 63 at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 36089)
Estimated Value ............................................... $12,000-UP
Ex Charles I. Bushnell-Lorin G. Parmelee, S. H. & H.
Chapman 6/1882:2638-George W. Cogan-William Cutler
Atwater, B. Max Mehl #108, 6/1946:23-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.,
3/7/1977-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, Mc-
Cawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/2004:392.
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1798 S-173 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded AU-55.
Frosty medium chocolate brown and darker steel. Sharply struck
and quite attractive, but not perfect. There is an area of microscopic crud in the field at the lowest curl, a few very faint diagonal
hairlines on the cheek, a dull nick on the lips, and a smooth struck-through depression under STAT. The struck-through void at
STAT is the only defect that is visible without the aid of a glass (called a “Struck-Thru Reverse” error on the PCGS label), and the
eye appeal of this cent is excellent. MDS, Breen state IV, with a cud break connecting RTY to the rim above. This cud starts at the
right top of the R and does not touch the right top of the Y. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW. Called AU55 net EF45 and
tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census (but #1 of the die state), his photo #27928.
Our grade is AU55 sharpness net EF45+
. Comes
with a nice provenance. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 2; 4 finer at PCGS
for the variety, 1 in MS61, 2 in MS62, and 1 in MS63
(PCGS # 36089)
Estimated Value .......................................................................................................................................................................... $4,000-UP
Ex Virgil Brand-Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale 8/16/1952:1825-C. Douglas Smith-Gordon J. Wrubel-Chuck
Furjanic-Tony Terranova 6/1988.