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Noyes Plate Coin For S-245
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1803 S-245 R3. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown.
Choice glossy medium to dark choco-
late and olive brown with lighter steel brown and tan toning in protected areas,
especially on the reverse. Peeps of very faded mint color remain visible on both sides
and this cent offers superb eye appeal. The only marks, and they are insignificant,
are a shallow nick in the field before the eye and another in the field off the chin,
neither visible to the unaided eye. MDS, Breen state II, with strong die clashmarks
on the obverse and a tiny triangular cud break at the dentils over NI in UNITED.
The reverse of this cent is plated in
Penny Whimsy
and both sides are plated in
Early
American Cents
and the 1991 Noyes reference. Graded MS63 and CC#1 in the Noyes
census (which contains only 2 mint state examples), his photo #21546. Bland says
MS61 and tied for CC#1.
Our grade is MS63
. The attribution and Naftzger-Reyn-
olds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for
the variety
(PCGS # 36353)
Estimated Value........................................................................................... $25,000-UP
Ex David Proskey-Henry C. Hines 1938-Carl Wurtzbach 1938-Charles R. Mathew-
son 1945-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric
Streiner-Jay Parrino (The Mint)-unknown-Superior 9/7/1997:62-unknown-Superior
5/31/1999:1479 (Naftzger collection envelope included).