1867 2C DDO, FS-101, BN MS(PCGS#38271)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1025

Grade

AU55BN

Price

1,680

Lot Description

The 1867 FS-101 is easily the most pronounced Doubled Die in the two-cent series of 1864 to 1873, and it has long been popular with both series specialists and variety enthusiasts. Well worn examples are plentiful enough in numismatic circles to almost be considered common, but in EF and AU this variety is scarce, while in Mint State it is a major rarity. The present offering is for a great "collector example" in Choice AU preservation. Rich tobacco-brown patina blankets smooth, frosty surfaces. Glints of faded minor color are discernible here and there around the peripheries with patience. Sharply struck throughout, the reverse is rotated more than 90 degrees counterclockwise from normal coin alignment to add further desirability.