Owner Comments:
Lyman Allen #2.27 (KM #163) - Mintage 5,577,000
This coin represents the normal strike for this date. High grade examples of the date are fairly common, but full red specimens are rare.
It is softly struck and fairly typical for a Manila mint issue. It was original purchased in an old small white ANACS holder with a grade of MS64RB. In crossing to NGC it gained a numeric grade but declined in color. I think would have preferred it to retain the color at the lower grade. So it goes.
As an interesting note, this is the coin that NGC now uses as their plate coin in NGC Coin Explorer.
Varieties
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ALLEN-2.27 - Normal date and mint mark.
ALLEN-2.27a - M/M over mint mark.
ALLEN-2.27b - RPD or Recut "0" variety which can be identified by looking at the upper, inner loop of the "0" in the date.
Date acquired: 11/25/2006 (already graded by ANACS as MS64RB)
Date crossed: 7/8/2021 (self submitted to NGC)
Rev. 8/13/2021