Lot 147
1796 S-91 R3 Liberty Cap. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Plated in Penny Whimsy and Noyes. Choice frosty medium brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and satiny mint luster covering both sides. Sharply struck with only microscopic defects on an otherwise gem cent. There are some of the usual very tiny planchet chips scattered in the fields, mostly near the dentils, where minor planchet voids failed to strike out completely, plus two small spots of slightly darker toning, one just right of the date and a slightly larger one under the right foot of the first A in AMERICA. Otherwise this cent is a flawless gem in every respect and is one of the finest 1796 Liberty Cap cents known, regardless of the die variety. E-MDS, Breen die state III, with minor linear bulges and scaling in the obverse fields and fine die clashmarks on both sides. Called MS63 choice and finest known in the Noyes census, his photo #20469. Bland says CC#1 as well but calls it MS61. Our grade is MS63 choice. Plated to illustrate the die variety in Penny Whimsy and the Noyes book. PCGS Population 1; The finest graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2821.
Estimated Value $75,000-UP.
Ex England in 1956-Stack’s (privately) 1/57-Dorothy Paschal-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/72-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/92-Eric Streiner-Jay Parrino (The Mint) 4/16/96-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 11/7/05.
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| Realized $207,000 |
