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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: PATTERNS & TRIAL COINS 1870-1873
Item Description: 25C 1870 J-905
Full Grade: PCGS PF 64
Owner: mania

Set Details

Custom Sets: 25C US Patterns
Liberty Bust Standard Silver Type Set - Please Stop Hoarding
US Aluminum patterns
US Patterns- WHAT U.S. COINAGE COULD HAVE BEEN
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Patterns & Trial Coins (1870-1873)

Owner Comments:


1870 25C
Judd-905, Pollock-1021
Rarity High R.7, PR64

Struck in Aluminum with Plain Edge

Obverse: The bust of Liberty faces right on the obverse, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around and the motto IN GOD WE TRUST on a scroll below. Liberty's hair is tied in a bun, and her headband is ornamented with a star.
Reverse: The denomination 25 CENTS and date 1870 ware ithin a wreath of cotton and corn, with the inscription STANDARD above.

Comments:
An brilliant, well mirrored specimen with universally sharp striking detail throughout the design. Rare, fewer than half a dozen examples of Judd-905 are believed extant in all grades (per uspatterns.com).

Provenance/Appearances:
Stacks and Bowers, March 2021 /Lot #5619

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