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°.
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 2725.