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Chapman Plate Coin
44
1794 S-67 R3 Head of 1795. PCGS graded AU-58+.
CAC APPROVED
.
Choice frosty reddish steel brown and light chocolate. Just a touch of
friction on the highest points of the hair from mint state. The only mark
is a shallow planchet flake connecting the lower parts of the E & D in
UNITED, as struck. This cent offers excellent eye appeal, and the flake at
ED is not distracting at all. M-LDS, Breen state IV, with die clashmarks on
both sides and a fine radial crack from the dentils to the left top of the Y
in LIBERTY. The four raised diagonal dashes on the cheek and repunch-
ing at AM are all clear. Both sides of this cent are plated to illustrate the
variety in the 1923 Chapman reference as well as in
Early American Cents
,
Penny Whimsy
,
and the Breen encyclopedia. Graded AU55 Choice and
CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #21710. Bland says AU55 and CC#4.
Our grade is AU55.
The attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance
are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; 1 finer in MS64+ at PCGS for
the variety (PCGS # 35684)
Estimated Value......................................................................... $20,000-UP
Ex Charles I. Bushnell-Lorin G. Parmelee, S. H. & H. Chapman
6/1882:2623-Lorin G. Parmelee-M. A. Brown, S. H. & H. Chapman
4/1897:759-George H. Earle, Jr., Henry Chapman 6/1912:3388-S. H.
Chapman 6/1913:462-Thomas L. Elder (privately)-Ebenezer Gilbert-
Colonel James W. Ellsworth 3/1923-Wayte Raymond-Howard R.
Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:69-Dr. William H.
Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-John W. Adams, Bowers & Ruddy FPL 1982,
lot 68-Bowers & Ruddy Galleries Rare Coin Review #46, 12/1982-Bow-
ers & Merena Galleries Rare Coin Review #48, 6/1983-John W. Adams
7/1984-Denis Loring 3/1985-Herman Halpern, Stack’s 3/16/1988:95-R.
E. Naftzger, Jr., Eric Streiner 4/1992-John B. MacDonald 2/1997-Walter
Husak 6/1999 (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and lot tickets
from the Adams and Halpern sales).