1793 1C Chain, S-2, BN MS(PCGS#35435)

1793 1C Chain, S-2, BN MS (PCGS#35435)

September 2009 Pre-Long Beach Auction #54 - Dan Holmes Collection Part 1

详细说明: 1793 S-2 R4+ Chain AMERICA. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Noyes Plate Coin. Frosty medium brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are lustrous and show only a trace of very light friction on the highest points. The only marks are a thin nick-like planchet void in the field under the chin, a tiny nick on the bottom of the 7 in the date, and microscopic roughness caused by tiny planchet flakes in the field off the bust tip. Late die state, Breen state II, with clear die clashmarks on the obverse and slightly wavy fields on that side. Called AU55 and tied for CC#2 in the Bland and Noyes census lists, Noyes photo #20047. Our grade is AU55. This is the plate coin for the variety in the Noyes book, and this cent was plated on the front and back covers of the catalog of the Floyd T. Starr collection. Stack’s 6/13/84. Outstanding luster and eye appeal, very close to mint state. PCGS Population 1; The only example graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2690. Estimated Value.$ 150,000-UP Ex H. W. Taffs-Glendining & Co., Ltd (London) #10, ll/1956:506-Spink & Son, Ltd. (London)-New Netherlands Coin Co. #50, 12/7/57:880-Lloyd T. Starr, Stack’s 6/13/84:2-Hennan Halpern 12/11/86-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. 2/23/92-Eric Streiner-Jay Parrino (The Mint) 4/ 16/96-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.