1875 20C J-1403 PR(PCGS#61710)

March 2020 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

7372

Grade

PR66

Price

16,800

Lot Description

Popular 1875 Liberty by the Seashore Pattern Twenty Cents Single Finest Graded by PCGS 1875 Pattern Liberty by the Seashore Twenty Cents. Judd-1403, Pollock-1546. Rarity-6+. Silver. Plain Edge. Proof-66 (PCGS). CAC. 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:An olive wreath surrounds the denomination 20 CENTS with the denomination UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border. This is a beautiful specimen with rich multicolored toning of cobalt blue, salmon pink, olive-charcoal and pewter gray shades on both sides. The shimmering reflectivity of the fields forms a splendid backdrop to fully impressed, frosty textured design elements. Expertly preserved and nearly in the Superb Gem category, there is a tiny carbon fleck on the globe below the letters LI in LIBERTY. The uspatterns.comwebsite refers to this issue as: "The popular 'Liberty at the Seashore' design. This obverse was used combined with two other 20-cent reverses and a modified version was also used on some trade dollar patterns of this year." This is the single finest specimen known to PCGS, and it would serve with distinction in a specialized pattern set or an advanced collection of twenty-cent pieces. Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000. Provenance: From our (Stack's) sale of the Robert W. Barker Collection, October 1986, lot 61; Heritage's sale of the Lemus Collection, Queller Family Collection Part Two, January 2009 FUN Auction, lot 1848. PCGS Population: 1; 0 finer. There are no CAM or DCAM specimens known to this service. PCGS# 61710. NGC ID: 2AB7. Click here for certification details from PCGS.