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Noyes Plate Coin S-263
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1803 S-263 R3. PCGS graded MS-61 Brown.
CAC APPROVED
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Choice glossy tan and light steel brown with darker steel brown ton-
ing on the highpoints and peeps of faded mint color in protected ar-
eas on both sides. The upper right part of the reverse shows a slightly
darker shade of steel brown. Frosty mint luster covers the fields and
protected areas on both sides. The notable marks are a half dozen
nicks in the field before the portrait, a diagonal hairline scratch in the
field off the chin, and a very faint scuff over the first T in STATES.
E-MDS, Breen state II early. There is a very fine die crack reaching
up to the right from the tip of the bust but it fades away long before
it reaches the dentils opposite the mouth (which shows this crack
begins at the bust, not the dentils as suggested by Breen). The strong
die line through the bust and diagonal lump in the field before the tip
of the nose that occur in the previous S-262 marriage are strong. This
cent is plated in the 1945 Newcomb sale catalog, and both sides are
plated in the 1991 Noyes reference to illustrate the variety. Graded
AU50 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #23295.
Bland says EF45 and tied for CC#5.
Our grade is AU58 sharpness
net AU50+.
The attribution and Newcomb-Reynolds provenance are
noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the
variety (PCGS # 36389)
Estimated Value .................................................................... $8,000-UP
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458,
2/7/1945:448-Willard C. Blaisdell 5/1975-Denis Loring 5/20/1975-C.
Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auc-
tions/Superior 6/5/2000:233 (includes the Newcomb and Superior sale
lot tickets and the Doug Smith collection envelope).