PCGS PR63
- PCGS #:
- 60877
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $23,000 • PR66 • 04-01-2008 • Heritage Auctions
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| #3 PR63 PCGS grade |
| #3 PR63 PCGS grade |
Ron Guth:
Judd 659 was an attempt to create a coin that would pass as both a U.S. $5 gold piece and a French 25 Francs. While the idea was good, the design fell flat. Anthony Paquet created an unflattering head of Liberty with a Roman nose, a heavy chin, and a bulging neck. In his vision, Liberty looked more like a French grand-mere. A comparison could be made to the Ceres head used on French coins until 1851, but by 1868, Napoleon II was deep into his reign and all the contemporary French coins bore his image.
Judd 659 was struck in aluminum and, thus, is subject to oxidation in come cases, but a few very nice pieces are known to exist, including a finest-known NGC PR66 (currently a full Cameo example in a non-Cameo holder).