1875 20C J-1396 PR(PCGS#61703)

1875 20C J-1396 PR (PCGS#61703)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

详细说明: Obv: Liberty is seated by the seashore, facing left, an olive branch in her right hand, her left hand resting on the globe inscribed LIBERTY in raised letters. Two flags and a wheat sheaf are behind the portrait, a small steamship on the water in the distance with sails and smoke going in opposite directions. Thirteen stars encircle the border and the date 1875 is below. Rev: The denomination 1/5 OF A DOLLAR is centered within a laurel wreath, the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above and another expression of the denomination TWENTY CENTS below. This gorgeous specimen is richly and originally toned throughout. Steely-charcoal and cobalt blue dominate, with swirls of salmon pink iridescence in the centers called forth by direct lighting. Fully struck and very nicely preserved, there is much to recommend this premium Select Proof to the discerning pattern collector or advanced twenty-cent piece enthusiast.This is the perennially popular Liberty by the Seashore design type, used in this die combination for silver (Judd-1396), copper (Judd-1397), and aluminum (Judd-1398) pattern twenty-cent pieces. Silver impressions, as here, are very scarce with only a dozen or so specimens extant, per the uspatterns.com website.