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Noyes Plate Coin For S-175
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1798 S-175 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded MS-63+ Brown.
CAC APPROVED
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Lustrous tan and medium chocolate brown with
steel brown toning on the obverse highpoints. Mint frost covers all
but the highest points of the devices and this cent offers excellent eye
appeal. The only notable marks are a spot of dark toning on the upper
edge of the bust, a few more tiny ones in the field above the bust, and
a half dozen microscopic specks of similar toning in the field before
the forehead. The only mark on the reverse is a thin nick well hidden
on the leaves under the T in UNITED. LDS, Breen state VI, with a cud
break connecting the U in UNITED to the rim and all the die cracks
described by Breen. Graded MS62 and CC#1 as the only mint state
example in the Noyes census, his photo #20569. Bland says AU55 and
CC#1.
Our grade is AU58.
The reverse of this cent is plated in the
1931 Clapp reference on the cents of 1798 & 1799, and the obverse is
plated in Early American Cents and Penny Whimsy. Both sides are
plated in the 1991 Noyes reference. Comes with a great provenance
that can be traced back over 100 years. The attribution and Naftzger-
Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none
finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36095)
Estimated Value..................................................................... $20,000-UP
Ex George M. Parsons, Henry Chapman 6/1914:1802-Howard R.
Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:249-T. James Clarke-
Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric
Streiner 4/2/1992 (includes the Naftzger collection envelope).