Owner Comments:
1882 5C Shield Five Cents,
Judd-1694, Pollock-1896,
Rarity: Low R.7, PR66RB
Ex: Lohr-Polis
Struck in Copper with a plain edge.
Obverse: Similar to the standard shield motif, but without ball above date.
Reverse: The regular-issue die of year without rays
Comment:
Less than a dozen known.
A splendid Premium Gem with exemplary orange-gold and cherry-red color. A few minute flecks emerge beneath a loupe above the N in CENTS.
7.47 grains. Diameter: 0.805 inches. Die alignment: 180°. As reference in the Polis Auction listing
Provenance/ Appearances:
From The Towers Collection. Heritage CSNS May 2024 Lot #3733; Priors:
- Ex: Major Lenox R. Lohr Collection, Empire Coin Co., 1961,
- George N. Polis M.D. Collection (Bowers & Merena, 6/1991), lot 1105,
- Denver ANA Signature (Heritage, 8/1996), lot 5187,
- Baltimore Sale (Stack's Bowers, 6/2013), lot 2342;
- Americana Sale (Stack's Bowers, 2/2015), lot 272
Possibly maybe from
- Bowers & Merena Jan 2003 ( Waterbury 5C Patterns) lot #978 with notation Previously from Abner Kreisberg and Flans M.F. Schulmans sale of February I960, Lot 2354 .. this notation may superseded the reference to the George Polis collection noted above unless Polis
Also appeared in several Stacks Auction however reserves wee not meet:
Stacks October 2014 New York PNG, Lot #373;
Stacks December 14th, 2014 iAuction, Lot #20723;
Stacks November 30th, 2014 iAuction, Lot #22555;
Stacks November 9th, 2014 iAuction, Lot #22529;
Stacks October 26th, 2014 iAuction 3504, Lot #21568
Stacks Mar 2013 Baltimore, Lot #4062