Rare: Non-Competitive Coins + Scarce high/highest Grade
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
MEXICO - 1823-1909 |
| Item Description: |
5C 1887PI R/B |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 67 |
| Owner: |
gdk100 |
Owner Comments:
Purchased in 1996 from Rod Bates who noted the over assayer. I really had to work with NGC to Certify the coin as R/B (C=1). A note with my label says that they do not recognize this variety and I can not add the coin to my registered set as a variety. The coin is in my registered set as a 1887 Pi R (C=14 1/8 -1).
In addition, a few years ago a small lot (3-5) coins of the 87 Pi R in high grade came up for auction. I suspect that they may have all been from this die. The census has been increasing recently, note the high concentration as all 14 are MS 66 to MS 68.