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1922 High Relief Matte PR67 Peace Dollar
The Finest of Less Than a Dozen Known
1922 $1 High Relief Matte PR67 NGC. The 1922 matte proof
Peace dollar is an exceedingly rare issue, with perhaps no more
than a dozen pieces extant from an uncertain, but similarly tiny
mintage. The difficulty of striking large numbers of high relief
Peace dollars for circulation in the previous year led to second
thoughts from Mint officials about mass production of a similar
issue for 1922. Of course, the decision was eventually made to
rework the original design in lower relief.Not only are these elusive matte proofs struck in high relief, but the surface texture is entirely different than regular issue silver dollars from this year. This specimen has medium steel-gray color with a faint suggestion of golden patina and numerous microscopic flecks of deeper charcoal toning. The striking details are needle-sharp and the immaculate surfaces are free of hairlines, shiny spots, or abrasions. The multitude of tiny toning flecks and pristine surface quality point this piece in the direction of Paramount's section of the Auction '85 Sale (number 5 on the roster below), but it is a small, round planchet flake between R and T of LIBERTY along the obverse border that assures the pedigree of this outstanding, finest certified specimen as being the former Philadelphia estate coin. Census: 1 in 67, 0 finer (11/13). The roster below may include some duplication.
1. PR67 NGC. Auction '85 (Paramount's session, 7/85), lot 1277. Reportedly from an old Philadelphia estate since the time of mintage; Baltimore Signature (Heritage, 7/2003), lot 9054; the present specimen.
2. PR66 NGC. The Norweb specimen; acquired from B. Max Mehl, April 28, 1937; Central States Signature (Heritage, 4/2002), lot 4354.
3. PR66 NGC. Joseph C. Thomas Collection / Central States Signature (Heritage, 4-5/2009), lot 2658.
4. PR66 NGC. National Money Show Signature (Heritage, 4/2006), lot 1240.
5. PR65 NGC. Pre-Long Beach Auction (Goldberg's, 1/2004), lot 2838.
6. The Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum to the Smithsonian. Ex: Farran Zerbe?
7. The Rhodes-Moorman-Breen coin, illustrated in Walter Breen's monograph on Proof coins. Offered in Stack's sale of the Barker Collection, October 1986, lot 113.
8. Auction '84 (RARCOA's session, 7/84), lot 1793, reappearing in Mid-American's 1986 FUN Sale, lot 354.
9. Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, offered in the Rare Coin Review, issue # 35, 1980. Reappearing in their sale of Four Memorable Collections (9/85), lot 652.
10. An impaired example, Ex: Bruce Todd Collection, sold by RARCOA at the 1973 FUN auction.
11. PR25 PCGS. Discovered in the late 1970s in Lathrup Village, Michigan by Ernest Lush in a group of circulated dollars; Michigan collection; Gwyn Houston; Julian Leidman (on consignment at the 1992 ANA Convention).
From The Greensboro Collection, Part V.(Registry values: N1)
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 2828, PCGS# 7383, Greysheet# 7890)
Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 26.73 grams
ASW: 0.85oz
Mintage: 51,737,000
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Auction Info
2014 January 8 - 12 FUN US Coin Signature Auction - Orlando #1201 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
January, 2014
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