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Description
Spectacular 1876 Twenty Cent, MS67
Tied for Finest Certified
1876 20C MS67 NGC. Produced for only four years from
1875-1878, the twenty cent piece is perhaps the oddest denomination
in U.S. coinage history. The most common date of this type is the
1875-S, with a mintage of 1.1 million pieces. The Philadelphia Mint
delivered only two business strike issues, the 1875 and the 1876.
The latter date is infrequently offered in any grade, a fact that
should come as no surprise given the paltry original mintage of
15,900 pieces. To this cataloger's knowledge, we have not offered a
representative of this issue whose technical quality can better
that of the present Superb Gem. This coin is free of even the most
trivial abrasion, and the luster is full and vibrant, with a richly
frosted texture. The strike is essentially full, but a few areas of
slight detail bluntness appear around the edge of the eagle's left
(facing) wing on the reverse. Pale champagne and gold iridescence
covers both sides of this spectacular specimen. This MS67
representative is one of only five coins so graded by NGC, while
PCGS has designated just one example at the same level, and none
have been graded finer by either service (3/09). The NGC and PCGS
population figures have remained the same since we last offered
this specimen in August 2004.From The Joseph C. Thomas Collection.(Registry values: N7079)
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 23R8, PCGS# 5299, GSID# 5038)
Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 5.00 grams
ASW: 0.14468oz
Mintage: 14,750
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Auction Info
2009 April-May Cincinnati, OH (CSNS) US Coin Auction #1124 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
Apr-May, 2009
29th-3rd
Wednesday-Sunday
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