Lot 1204
1944 Lincoln Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. The finest of only two heavy-weight 1944 Cents that have been certified to date: the example offered here (crossed over from an NGC MS-64 RB) and an NGC graded MS-64 Brown. Struck on a thick bronze planchet, known in numismatic jargon as a "piefort." Judd was aware of these pieces and listed them as Experimental Cents in his Pattern book, calling them "matte proofs," and indicating that four examples were known to him in weights of 61.9 grains, 63.8 grains, and 63.9 grains (two of the pieces must have weighed the same). The normal weight of a Cent is 48 grains, so these are extraordinarily heavy. Pollock lists two pieces that appeared in a September 1989 Bowers and Merena sale (Lots 2579 and 2580), with weights of 61.7 and 65.4(!) grains, respectively. Plate-matching indicates that this piece may be a re-appearance of Lot 2579; it is certainly not Lot 2580. Interestingly, the same Bowers sale contained two 1945 Cents on heavy planchets! Fascinating coins that are sure to fan the red-hot market for "all things Lincoln Cent!"
Estimated Value $30,000 - 40,000.
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