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CSNS Signature US Coin Sale 1254 26-28 Apr 2017
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1878 $1 Dollar, Judd-1554b, Pollock-1746, R.8, PR65 Red and Brown PCGS. CAC. A head of Liberty faces left, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST is above with the date below. The left obverse field has seven stars near the border with six more along the right border. The reverse has an eagle with wings spread, holding an olive branch and three arrows. The statutory legend is above and the denomination is below, with E PLURIBUS UNUM in the field above the eagle. Struck in copper with a reeded edge. The Pollock subvariety with the B in PLURIBUS beneath the left edge of the E in STATES. At least three copper examples are known according to USPatterns.com. Technically the color designation is correct, but the slight lime-green iridescence present in the fields does little to impede the overall visual appeal of this magnificent pattern.
Ex: Milton G. Cohen Collection (Bowers and Merena, 1/1985), lot 514; Russell Logan and Gilbert Steinberg Collections (Bowers and Merena, 11/2002), lot 4430; Bob Simpson Collection (Heritage, 8/2010), lot 5717, where it brought $25,300.
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1878 $1 Dollar, Judd-1554b, Pollock-1746, R.8, PR65 Red and Brown PCGS. CAC. A head of Liberty faces left, wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST is above with the date below. The left obverse field has seven stars near the border with six more along the right border. The reverse has an eagle with wings spread, holding an olive branch and three arrows. The statutory legend is above and the denomination is below, with E PLURIBUS UNUM in the field above the eagle. Struck in copper with a reeded edge. The Pollock subvariety with the B in PLURIBUS beneath the left edge of the E in STATES. At least three copper examples are known according to USPatterns.com. Technically the color designation is correct, but the slight lime-green iridescence present in the fields does little to impede the overall visual appeal of this magnificent pattern.
Ex: Milton G. Cohen Collection (Bowers and Merena, 1/1985), lot 514; Russell Logan and Gilbert Steinberg Collections (Bowers and Merena, 11/2002), lot 4430; Bob Simpson Collection (Heritage, 8/2010), lot 5717, where it brought $25,300.
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