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Lot 119

1797 S-143 R5 Stemless Wreath. PCGS graded AU-55. Lightly cleaned and expertly retoned an attractive glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with peeps of frosty lighter steel brown in some of the protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and the only marks are trivial. The notable ones are a thin diagonal nick close over the hair ribbon and a dull nick in the field before the lower lip. There are some tiny planchet chips on both sides, strongest on the face and from the T in CENT into the leaves below (all as struck). MDS, Breen state II showing fine die clashmarks on both sides. Graded EF45 and CC#1 in the Noyes census his photo #21358. Bland says EF45 and CC#1. Our grade is AU50 sharpness net EF45. The attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 35990) .
Estimated Value $20,000-UP.
Ex Walter Breen (who found it unattributed at a convention in Oakland California on 10/28/1961)-Dorothy Paschal 11/1961-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner 1/1994-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/2005:3167 (Naftzger and Rasmussen collection envelopes included).


 
Realized $30,550



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