1871 Pattern Dime. Judd-1076, Pollock-1212. Rarity-8. Aluminum. Plain

1871 Pattern Dime. Judd-1076, Pollock-1212. Rarity-8. Aluminum. Plain Edge. Proof-64+ (PCGS). Obv: Chief Engraver James Barton Longacre's Indian Princess motif with no stars around the border. Liberty is seated left wearing a Native American headdress, her left hand resting atop a globe inscribed LIBERTY and her right hand supporting a liberty pole. Two flags are behind the portrait, and the date 1871 is below. Rev: The denomination 10 CENTS is surrounded by a wreath of corn and cotton, the word STANDARD inscribed along the upper border. A glowing platinum-white near-Gem Proof with an exacting strike from the dies. Only two examples of this exceedingly rare Judd number are known, that offered here, and the Eric P. Newman-Simpson coin in PCGS Proof-66 Deep Cameo. Provenance: Ex Paramount's session of Auction '84, July 1984, lot 534; Superior's L.W. Hoffecker Collection Sale, February 1987, lot 954A; David Queller; Heritage's sale of the Lemus Collection, Queller Family Collection, Part II, January 2009 FUN Signature Auction, lot 1795, as NGC Proof-65; Bob R. Simpson; Heritage's sale of the Bob R. Simpson Collection, February 2021 Signature Auction, lot 3250. PCGS Population: just 2 in all grades, all category: Proof-64+; and Proof-66 Deep Cameo. PCGS# 61335. NGC ID: 2A3D. 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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