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Noyes Plate Coin
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1796 S-81 R3 Liberty Cap. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown.
CAC
APPROVED
.
Choice lustrous medium brown and light chocolate
blending to light olive brown on the reverse. The only marks are a fine
vertical hairline scratch hidden in the hair left of the face, a spot of
reddish brown toning at the dentils over the left side of the O in OF,
and a short scratch left of the first A in AMERICA. Nicely struck for
this variety, which often comes with significant weakness inside the
wreath. This piece show minor weakness on the highest elements of
the hair and along the bottoms of ENT in CENT. MDS, Breen state
II, with a very fine die crack from the right top of the Y to the nose
before the eye. Struck slightly off center to K-5.5 leaving some of the
dentils a bit short. This cent is the plate coin for the variety in the 1991
Noyes book on the early large cents and both sides are plated in the
1879 Frossard monograph. Graded MS60 net AU50 and tied for CC#2
in the Noyes census (although he called it MS60 and finest known
in his 1991 census), his photo #21275. Bland says AU55 and tied for
CC#2.
Our grade is MS60.
Comes with a very nice provenance that
has been traced back well over 100 years. The attribution and Naf-
tzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop
2; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 35750)
Estimated Value.................................................................... $30,000-UP
Ex S. H. & H. Chapman 3/1883:297-Lorin G. Parmelee, New York
Coin & Stamp Co. 6/1890:729-S. H. & H. Chapman-M. A. Brown,
S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1897:765-George Earle, Henry Chapman
6/1912:3396-Clarence S. Bement, Henry Chapman 5/1916:300-Colo-
nel James W. Ellsworth 3/1923-Wayte Raymond-Henry C. Hines-Dr.
William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric
Streiner 1/1993-Tony Terranova-Kevin Lipton Rare Coins 8/1997.