Lot 1075
1870 Pattern Quarter Dollar, J-916, rarity 7, aluminum, reeded edge. PCGS graded Proof 65. Pollock-1013, AW-956. One of the popular Standard Silver series with gem eye appeal, mirror surfaces seem to drop away from the frosted devices. Liberty sports a pony tail and diadem inscribed LIBERTY, with IN GOD WE TRUST on a ribbon below Liberty's bust. The reverse has STANDARD SILVER above the wreath, with 25 CENTS at the center and the date 1870 below, the wreath consists of laurel on the left and oak leaves and acorns on the right. Identifiable by a small planchet flake below Liberty's chin. PCGS has only graded one other J-916, it a Proof 67, confirming the extremely high rarity of this issue. The Farouk coin only grades EF and like all coins in that collection, was cleaned.
From Empire Coin Company, Inc. at a cost of $47.50, next to the Madison Collection.
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| Realized $2,645 |
