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S-21, Flat Pole variety, R.3 The pole at its tip is flat, somewhat wider than where it meets the neck. S-21 is unattributed on the label. In my second edition of "Penny Whimsey", William Sheldon describes the variety this way: "The bust is in lower relief, the hair is combed out in eight neat curls and there is an excellent aesthetic balancing to the whole coin, which is considered of of the most beautiful cents." Using a microfiber cloth, I buff out distractions in the Generation-4.0 holder with a product originally marketed to watchmakers called polyWatch; carefully avoiding the hologram. Purchased May 16, 2025 via eBay $2,675.
I was thinking, wouldn't it be satisfying to re-unite specimens of the Randall Hoard, all in PCGS Generation-1 holders? This charming example is my first. Quoting from Q. David Bowers' chapter on the subject, "It seems to be the consensus that a small wooden keg filled with uncirculated copper cents was found beneath a railroad station platform in Georgia after the Civil War, but before autumn, 1869." The Georgia merchant who discovered the hoard was John Randall; hence, the name. Five thousand to ten thousand uncirculated, copper Coronet Cents dated 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 are believed to be among the coins found, making these dates somewhat more available in Mint State. As an N-10 variety, I believe this coin was part of the hoard. Purchased April 7, 2022 from Coin Rarities Online $1,875.