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Frossard Plate Coin For S-93
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1796 S-93 R3 Draped Bust, Reverse of 1795. PCGS graded MS-63+ Brown.
Glossy
light olive brown and steel mixed with medium chocolate. Frosty mint luster shows
in the fields and protected areas and this cent offers excellent eye appeal. There is a
spot of reddish brown toning at the left foot of the L in LIBERTY and a larger spot of
similar toning in the field left of the upper end of the hair ribbon, plus a spot of darker
olive brown toning under the Y in LIBERTY. Otherwise the only notable marks are a
nick-like planchet chip on the jaw over the throat and a small planchet chip between
the bases of the 9 and 6 in the date, both as struck. MDS Breen state V late. There is no
cud break at CA but the die crack at RICA is strong and the die is clearly failing at RICA
and the fraction. This cent is plated in the 1879 Edouard Frossard monograph. Graded
MS60 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census his photo #25212. Bland says MS60 and
tied for CC#3.
Our grade is MS60
. 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 # 35816)
Estimated Value.................................................................................................. $35,000-UP
Ex Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 112-T. James Clarke 1948-
Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., New Netherlands Coin Co.,
11/14/1973:413-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/15/1975-Charles E. Harrison-Doug Bird 1/1996 (in-
cludes the New Netherlands lot envelope, which became the Naftzger collection envelope).