Lot 195
1796 S-114 R5 Draped Bust. Fine-12. Noyes Plate Coin. Sharpness VF20 or slightly better but uniform microscopic roughness is mostly hidden under a glossy dark olive brown patina. No verdigris. The only marks are a small nick in the field under the chin and a thin line of India ink across the neck to the shoulder. Very rare terminal die state, Breen state IV, with strong cud breaks at TY and on the rim left of the L in LIBERTY. This is the Noyes plate coin for the die state, and apparently is the finest of the few known with the two obverse cud breaks according to his census. Called VF25 net F12 and CC#12 in the Noyes census, his photo #20421. DWH #2416.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex 1957 ANA Sale, Federal Coin Exchange, 8/21/57:829-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1990 EAC Sale, lot 37-Dennis Mendelson-Dr. Phil Ralls 11/10/96-Jack Wadlington 4/04 (via Chris McCawley).
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| Realized $6,038 |
