Owner Comments:
Mintage: 60.6 Million
Full Step Availability: 0.2%
Population in MS66: 177/5
Date/mm Information: Nagengast states "one of the rarest coins in the Jefferson series in gem, full strike, full step!"
Coin Description:
Both sides of this extremely attractive lustrous premium gem show concentric bands of yellow, pink, lime green, orange, cherry red, and green. Well struck by 1949 standards and the majority of the roughness on the coin is from planchet flaws.
Comments:
At this point, my registry collection is 84% complete. Rest assured that any coin that gets added at this point has been extremely difficult to find. The 1949 is one of the toughest to find in the entire series IMO. Despite the fact that there are 175+ examples at the MS66 grade, this is only the 4th to be auctioned by Heritage in the last 3 years. And when a 1949 does hit the market, they are usually so totally uninteresting that I fall asleep while deciding whether or not to bid. Okay, so I made that up and I use gavelsnipe for all Heritage internet sales, but my point is well taken. When this rainbow toned top pop PCGS 1949 Jefferson came to auction, there was no way I was going to let it slip through my fingers. I did not like the surfaces for an MS66, but understood that the eye appeal is undeniable, and possibly, unapproachable.