1865 Pattern Liberty Seated Quarter. Judd-423, Pollock-495. Rarity-7-.

Unrivalled 1865 Judd-423 Liberty Seated Quarter 1865 Pattern Liberty Seated Quarter. Judd-423, Pollock-495. Rarity-7-. Silver. Reeded Edge. Proof-67 Deep Cameo (PCGS). CAC. Obv: The same design that the Mint used to strike regular issue 1865 Liberty Seated quarters. Rev: An eagle with outstretched wings and a shield on its breast clutches an olive branch and a group of three long, slender arrows in its talons. The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is above and the denomination QUARTER DOLLAR is below. This is an awe-inspiring Superb Gem that surely ranks as the finest known for the type. Otherwise brilliant, the surfaces reveal delicate champagne-pink peripheral highlights as the coin rotates under a light. Cameo contrast is deep and awesome, providing outstanding visual appeal alongside full strike detail and virtually pristine surfaces. The uspatterns.com website calls Judd-423: Paquet's reverse design with tall letters. It is very likely these were struck deliberately for sale to collectors circa 1868 as opposed to being true patterns. Its first sales occurrence was in the October 1870 Mason & Company sale of the Fewsmith Collection. According to the same source, fewer than 10 specimens are confirmed. Provenance: Ex possibly Dr. J. Hewitt Judd; Abe Kosoff's "Illustrated History", lot 293; Abe Kosoff, August 3, 1971; Harry W. Bass, Jr.; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part I, May 1999, lot 1124, as PCGS Proof-67; our (Bowers and Merena's) American Numismatic Association Sale of the Millennium, August 2000, lot 4085, as NGC Proof-67; Teletrade's sale of December 27, 2000, as ICG Proof-68; Teletrade's sale of July 23, 2001, as ICG Proof-68; Teletrade's sale of December 24, 2001, as ICG Proof-68; Heritage's FUN Signature Sale of January 2004, lot 2251, as NGC Proof-67 Ultra Cameo; Heritage's July 6, 2004 Exclusively Internet Auction, lot 12251, as NGC Proof-67 Ultra Cameo; Heritage's Pittsburgh Signature Sale of August 2004, lot 791, as NGC Proof-67 Ultra Cameo; Heritage's October 12, 2004 Exclusively Internet Auction, lot 12771, as NGC Proof-67 Ultra Cameo; Heritage's November 23, 2004 Exclusively Internet Auction, lot 12062, as NGC Proof-67 Ultra Cameo; Heritage's Long Beach Signature Sale of February 2005, lot 9837, as NGC Proof-67 Ultra Cameo; Bob R. Simpson; Heritage's sale of the Bob R. Simpson Collection, January 2021 FUN Signature Auction, lot 3122. PCGS Population: just 1 in all grades in the DCAM category. CAC Stickered Population: 1 in all grades; all categories. PCGS# 534970. NGC ID: 29JB. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.

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