Owner Comments:
Judd-807, Pollock-895,
Rarity: Low R.7, PR66 PCGS. CAC Endorsed
Ex: Simpson.
Struck on a thin planchet a plain edge copper-nickel alloy.
Obverse/Reverse: Struck on regular dies of year but on a thin Planchet.
Comments:
Researcher Saul Teichman states that the planchets for the variety may have been cut from three cent nickel stock. The underweight planchets were likely as intended, since the variety was struck in proof format and the die spacing appears to have been adjusted properly, given the sharp strike of the present piece. Unlike the J-806 and J-807 were the reverse die used to strike those 2 die trials, is the same overpolished die, used to strike the 1865 dated J-418. The polishing wore away some of the lettering. The 2 'S' in 'States', the 'S' in 'Cents', the 'D' in 'United', the 'F' in 'of', the 'A' in 'States' and the second 'A' in 'America' have portions of the lettering polished away.
Undisturbed save for a few distributed flecks.
Provenance/Appearances:
From The Atherton Collection of U.S. Pattern Coins. Heritage May 2023 CSNS Signature® Auction / Lot #4956 prior
Ex: Important Selections from the Bob. R. Simpson Collection, Part II / Dallas Signature (Heritage, 11/2020), lot 3177.