1931-D 1C, RD MS(PCGS#2617)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4057

Grade

MS66+RD

Price

13,200

Lot Description

Gorgeous premium Gem quality surfaces are aglow with deep, vivid reddish-rose color. Overall pristine in appearance, as befits the assigned grade, with a sharply executed strike. The economic downturn of the early 1930s resulted in the Denver Mint producing only 4,480,000 cents in 1931. These coins were widely hoarded upon their release from federal vaults in 1934/35, and Mint State survivors are far more plentiful than circulated examples. Even so, the 1931-D is surprisingly rare in the finest Mint State grades, as here.