Owner Comments:
1867 5c
Judd-561, Pollock-622
Rarity: R.5 PF64 CAC Endorsed
Struck in Aluminum with Plain Edge
Obverse: A Liberty head on the obverse faces left. She wears a headdress with four feather, four stars, and a ribbon inscribed UNION & LIBERTY. Below the bust is LONGACRE F.
Reverse: The reverse is striking with a large ornate shield with a superimposed large V in the center.
Comment:
Most brilliant though a glimpse of gunmetal-gray is near AMERICA. Well struck and undisturbed with faint vertical die polish lines on both sides.
Harry W Bass web site indicates that early notes, even including comments from Longacre, suggest that only 25 pieces were struck. However, a note made in a copy of the sale catalogue offering the collection of J. Colvin Randall stated ~100 were minted.
Provenance/Appearance:
Private transaction Feb 2014: priors:
- Heritage Jan 2013 FUN / Lot #6694;
- Stacks and Bowers Aug 2012 ANA /Lot #12089