Lot 2034
$5 Liberty. 1871. PCGS graded MS-60. A very rare date with a mintage of just 3,200 pieces, very few of which survive today. As Breen notes in his Encyclopedia, "prohibitively rare above EF", which is clearly shown in the PCGS Population Report. In point of fact, this is the only Mint State example of this date in any grade they've seen! NGC has graded two others, one in MS-60, another in MS-61. That's a total of 3 coins graded in mint state, certainly not many to go around if you are a date collector. The surfaces show the expected scattering of ticks, none of which are particularly detracting. Identifiable by a short lint mark extending into the field from Liberty's lower lip, and a thin scuff in the field below Liberty's chin between the first two stars. Prooflike fields on the obverse, and struck from the same dies as a proof, as the first 1 in the date shows recutting, which is also seen on the known proofs of this date (PCGS # 8322) .
Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000.
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