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Thanks to Forum Member TPRC added one of the Rare Varieties to the Feuchtwanger Cent Collection, The

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When the Feuchtwanger cent varieties were "officially" cataloged in 1956-57 by Walter Breen.....even given his large sample, it was obvious that some varities were FAR more scarce than others. Dominated by the 6Is overwhelming numbers, at least 65-75% of all survivors, the rest of the varieties dwindle down to R5, R6, R7, R9 pieces.....and THESE are the tough ones to find when working on the Feuchtwanger set by varieties.

Fellow Feuchtwanger collector TPRC recently parted with a 3G, and it came to my little collection. Shes not the prettiest girl on the block, but when youre dealing with a high R6 piece, with a surviving population of maybe 15 or so pieces...you can appreciate her from that aspect. NGC has blown the attribution on these horribly recently, calling three common 6Gs a 3G and nearly doubling the pops which were at 4 (and still should be at 4) .....But, this one is the real deal. The 3G as is seen from the rear (upper) wing with is segmented into three choppy parts. The 6 obverse has this wing as a hard even cut smooth line. You can see the very old scratches on the reverse...for Id say more than half of the Feuchtwanger cents have been "tested" back in the day to see it the were silver..or what they were... The G reverse is known by the single berry to the right of the ribbon bow.


From Alan S. Fishers wonderful site detailing his HTT collection, he adds this with the description for his example of the 3G ...

"Joe Levine has encountered only two other specimens of the 3G token in the past 25 years. All of them were VF. Rulau rates this piece as an R-6 while Koutsoures thinks it to be an R-8."


Planchet cracks troubled Feuchtwanger from day one. It is hard to imagine that he pressed on with his attempts to have the US Government adopt the composition when he himself was unable to produce coins from planchets free from cracks. I see at least two cracks on this piece, with a hint of a third.

Anyway, Most Certainly the First time a Feuchtwanger 3G has been posted on the Collectors Universe Forum!


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