I suppose it's time for the big reveal. Congrats to...
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Bump111 Is this an off-metal strike? The devices look oddly different from most I've seen, almost like they struck up differently.
you were the first to consider it on off metal strike.
It is indeed struck in copper. That is why it looks so strange, patina is too dark for a silver coin.
My first hint was the title I never said it was a
Three Cent "Silver" only a
Three Cent coin.
another round of congrats to:
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mikev50i am thinking proof in poor condition---
The coin is graded straight PR63 mikev50 was the first to think Proof, I thought it pretty obvious from the strength of the strike alone, at least on the obverse.
1869
Three Cent Silver in Copper
Judd-680, PR63 Brown
1869 3C
Three Cent Judd-680, Pollock-759, Rarity: High R.7
PR63BN NGC #635066-015
A dies trial striking of the 1869
Three Cent Silver. Struck in copper with a plain edge and in medallic alignment. While traditionally termed a dies trial piece, these pieces were actually struck by the Mint for sale to collectors. Examples were struck in copper, nickel, and aluminum. Each metal has approximately the same number of survivors, around a half-dozen. Deep blue-gray patina covers each side. Close examination shows a few small contact marks.
From The Collection of William Rau
Heritage Auction #1274 April, 27, 2018 Sold for $5,520.00
Finest known is a PCGS PR64RB (shown below).
The PCGS coin in 64RB is much nicer looking than the example in PR63 from NGC.
Big thank you to all for guessing and playing along, this was a totally different coin that you probably wouldn't stumble across on purpose. I found it when looking for another coin and scrolled past it in an auction, where it caught my eye, enough to go back looking for it after I had closed the page, I had to go into my browser history because I couldn't get it out of my mind, in just how unusual it looked.
Oh and
GrapeCollects You got the closet grade with PR62 in a last minute change.
fortcollins: I too had never seen one of these 3CS patterns before, and I look at every
Two Cent pattern piece and die trial I can, seen a ton of 3CN and nickel patterns.
It didn't really surprise me, but it was just so different looking I was very intrigued by it, enough to go through my browser history and go find the coin on the auction page again the next day, then go look it up in a few of my pattern reference books, not much out there on it really. I just found an Aluminum example that sold in January this year:
https://coins.HA.com/itm/patterns/1.../1326-3156.sThat one brought $10K+ of course it's a Bob Simpson coin too.
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Posted 06/26/2021 6:35 pm
oh the suspense.
