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1795 S-76b R1 Plain Edge. PCGS graded MS-63+ Brown.
CAC AP-
PROVED
. Lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate. No spots,
stains, or contact marks. A flawless cent except for some of the usual tiny
planchet chips that didn’t completely disappear when the planchet was
struck. The microscopic chips are located mostly on the bust tip, forehead,
top of the cap, and at UN in UNITED (which is positioned oppo-
site the top of the cap). MDS, Breen state V, showing subtle
bulges in the obverse fields. Both ends of the pole are
pointed due to excessive die lapping. Not seen by Noyes
or Bland.
Our grade is MS62.
The attribution and
Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure
label.
Pop 1; 2 finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in
MS65 and 1 in MS66 (PCGS # 35723)
Estimated Value ................................... $10,000-UP
Ex Superior 1/29/1996:1034.
57
1795 S-77 R3 Plain Edge. PCGS graded AU-55+.
CAC
APPROVED
. Choice glossy medium steel brown and light
chocolate with a small area of darker olive brown toning
around UN in UNITED. Mint frost shows in the protected
areas on both sides and this cent offers excellent eye appeal.
The only defects are some of the usual tiny planchet chips
that are normally seen on the thin planchet strikes of 1795.
The chips are located primarily on the portrait and around
ST in STATES. The best identifying mark is a pinprick-sized
planchet flake in the field near the dentils off the chin. A
very attractive cent. M-LDS, Breen state IV, showing fine die
cracks on the reverse and subtle swelling in the obverse fields.
This is the plate coin for the variety in the 1991 Noyes refer-
ence. Graded AU55 net AU50 and tied for CC#2 honors in
the Noyes census (#1 is in the ANS), his photo #20562. Bland
says AU55, tied for CC#2 behind that same ANS example. So
you can’t acquire one any better than this, and it comes with
an impressive provenance that can be traced back more than
a century.
Our grade is AU58.
The attribution and Naftzger-
Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 35726)
Estimated Value..................................................... $15,000-UP
Ex Peter Mougey-William H. Woodin, Thomas L. Elder #43,
9/1910:19-Dr. George P. French-B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 91
(where described as “an even olive proof ”)-Henry A. Sternberg-
T. James Clarke 1944-B. Max Mehl-Lotus Sullivan-French’s
(A. French) #31, 4/26/1947:375-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-
Eric Streiner-Dennis Mendelson 10/1992 (Naftzger collection
envelope included).