- PCGS #:
- 71304
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Copper
- Auction Record:
- $10,200 • PR66+RB • 02-25-2021 • Heritage Auctions
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#1 PR66+RB PCGS grade
Bob R. Simpson Collection |
| #2 PR66RB PCGS grade |
Ron Guth:
Judd-1045 is an 1871 Three Cent piece struck in Proof on a copper planchet. These have been described as die trials (used to show how a design would strike up), but these were most likely made for sale to collectors. These are very rare: Pattern researcher Saul Teichman suggests that perhaps half a dozen are known. For its part, PCGS has certified only two examples, the best of which is in the Bob Simpson Collection.
A single, non-Proof (Mint State) example exists, but that may be a mint error. Teichman believes it may have been struck on a miscut Cent planchet. The circumstances are certainly suspicious and it is difficult to suppress the idea that it was deliberately made.