Guess the Pattern and catalogue it!

mrearlygold

What's the Judd and grade of this one and how would you write the catalogue description?









Tom

ER

J-1403 Proof64

coinkat

terrific coin... not sure of the Judd number. As for the grade, and I admit to never grading one of these before, it looks as if an MS64-65 grade would be reasonable...

MrEureka

Call and raise!

mrearlygold

Andy you sure you want to raise?

ER

<< <i>Call and raise!

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J-1404

mrearlygold

How about a catalogue description you Numismatists!?

Ed62

I'm in and will raise again --

MrEureka

Ed! That is certainly an odd reverse for a twenty cent piece!

mrearlygold

Might be unique

Ed62

That is why it is a raise.

mrearlygold

Still no catalogue description. I'll do one then.......

Longacre

I will try tomorrow. No time right now!

mrearlygold

<< <i>I will try tomorrow. No time right now! >>






PHLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUPPPHHHHHHHHH!

TwoSides2aCoin

I honestly would humiliate myself trying this for a first time. It's beautiful, though. Where are them specialists when I need to learn ? I'd just say :

Here's a coin that will make your levis tighter and your wallet thinner ..., one that will cause you to spill your pizza down the front of your undershirt if you look at it from too many angles. This gem screams of wanton pleasure. Salivate as you bask in it's glowing beauty. And by all means, wear a hard hat as it's brilliance will cause fainting spells.

Did I win ? LOL what cataloque are we talking about ?

MrEureka

OK, I'll try:

1875 Pattern Twenty-Cent Piece. Judd-1403, Pollock-1546. Rarity-6+. Proof-66 (NGC). Silver. Plain edge. Liberty is seated by the seashore on the obverse of this popular pattern type. Thirteen stars are arranged around the border, and the date 1875 is below. Liberty is holding an olive branch in her outstretched right hand, and her left hand rests on a globe inscribed LIBERTY. A pair of flags and a wheat sheaf are present behind Liberty, and a ship (with the smoke trailing behind the ship but the sails billowed in the forward direction) is seen in the distance. On the reverse, the denomination 20 CENTS is surrounded by an olive wreath, with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border.
This is a richly and attractively toned specimen whose surfaces are awash in dominant charcoal-gray patina. Blushes of lavender-gray shades are also intermingled in several field areas, and mottled cobalt-blue undertones become evident when the surfaces dip into a light. A razor-sharp strike is seen throughout--as one should expect for the method of manufacture--and the surfaces are devoid of outwardly noticeable blemishes. Although rich toning dominates the outward appearance on both sides, the fields do exhibit pleasing reflectivity at more direct angles. A carefully preserved and visually impressive representative of the ever-popular Liberty by the Seashore design.
NGC Census: just four in all grades, the present example being the finest certified at that service. PCGS has seen just six examples of Judd-1403, none of which grade finer than Proof-64.
PCGS# 61710.

From the Poof Collection.


How did I do???

TwoSides2aCoin

that is excellent, Andy. Thank you, sir.

That's what I said in "layman's" terms kinda

mrearlygold

Wow, I can't even get close to that

MrEureka

Wow, I can't even get close to that

Try plagiarism. Worked for me!

ER

<< <i>Call and raise!

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Judd-1404 Proof 64 Brown, struck in copper with pain edge. This beautifully toned near gem proof displays golden brown patina, graced on the periphery with electrice blue-green colors. A couple of dark spots on the obverse field do not detract from this beauty.

CaptHenway

They did take great pains with those edges.......
TD

mrearlygold

<< <i>Wow, I can't even get close to that

Try plagiarism. Worked for me! >>



Ok, let's go

1875 Pattern Twenty-Cent Piece. Judd-1403, Pollock-1546. Rarity-6+. Proof-66 (NGC). Silver. Plain edge. Liberty is seated by the seashore on the obverse of this popular pattern type. Thirteen stars are arranged around the border, and the date 1875 is below. Liberty is holding an olive branch in her outstretched right hand, and her left hand rests on a globe inscribed LIBERTY. A pair of flags and a wheat sheaf are present behind Liberty, and a ship (with the smoke trailing behind the ship but the sails billowed in the forward direction) is seen in the distance. On the reverse, the denomination 20 CENTS is surrounded by an olive wreath, with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border.
This is a richly and attractively toned specimen whose surfaces are awash in dominant charcoal-gray patina. Blushes of lavender-gray shades are also intermingled in several field areas, and mottled cobalt-blue undertones become evident when the surfaces dip into a light. A razor-sharp strike is seen throughout--as one should expect for the method of manufacture--and the surfaces are devoid of outwardly noticeable blemishes. Although rich toning dominates the outward appearance on both sides, the fields do exhibit pleasing reflectivity at more direct angles. A carefully preserved and visually impressive representative of the ever-popular Liberty by the Seashore design.
NGC Census: just four in all grades, the present example being the finest certified at that service. PCGS has seen just six examples of Judd-1403, none of which grade finer than Proof-64.
PCGS# 61710.

From the Poof Collection.