Lot 120
1797 NC-3 R6-. PCGS graded VG-10. CAC Approved. Glossy chocolate brown and steel blending to darker olive brown in protected areas. The planchet is smooth, void of ay corrosion or verdigris. Only minor contact marks consistent with the grade. The notable ones are a few light, old scratches in the field before the neck and a tiny chip in the hair left of the forehead. M-LDS, Breen state II late, with a strong die crack from the dentils over the A in STATES through TES to the rim at right. This is the Noyes plate coin for the later die state in his 1991 reference. Graded VG8 net VG7 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census behind the corroded net VG10 ANS example (but finest of those known with the die crack), his photo #23332. Bland says VG7 and tied for CC#3 (but finest of those with the crack). Our grade is VG7. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety. Only 2 examples graded at PCGS (PCGS # 35963) .
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Chuck Furjanic (who bought it unattributed in 10/1973 at the Penn-Ohio convention)-Gordon J. Wrubel 11/18/1973-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/5/2000:170 (the Doug Smith collection envelope and Superior lot ticket are included).
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