1859 Cent Pattern - J-229a
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $195,500
- Sold
- Grade
- MS62
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
Cataloged as Judd-229a, this 1859 cent pattern is a dual-obverse mule, featuring obverse designs on both sides of the coin with no reverse die used at all. It is a business striking. Rediscovered in 2000 and described in Coin World, it is almost certainly the piece in S. H. Chapman's May 1914 Gable sale (lot 1532), bought by Edgar H. Adams. USPatterns assigned it the number Judd-229a and files it with mint errors, and a later Coin World article suggested it may be a mint error. Reference data: struck in copper-nickel with a plain edge, rated unique. Catalogued as Judd-229A, Pollock-273A, Taxay page 301. two 1859 obverses ex Gable lot 1532, Edgar Adams.
Rarity Notes
Unique (USPatterns.com)
Cross References
Judd-229a; Pollock-273A; Taxay p. 301
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