1871 IHC, FS-301, URS-3.........Really?? Opinions?

Manorcourtman

In the new Cherrypicker guide, the 1871 variety with the 7 and 1 touching is newly listed. They call it a URS-3 variety with few discovered since mentioned in Breen's 1977 book. Can someone chime in on this variety please. And help me with attributing the IHC pictured below, which I believe is this variety. Sorry pics are bad!! Very bad!

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StrikeOutXXX

The pics match the 1871 Bold N Reverse in Rick Snow's Attribution Guide.

There is a Snow-2 listed as a business strike, additional PUP: heavy die file mark sticks out of denticles above E in united and light re punching of the 1 visible above the base only.

There is also a bold N proof with 2 obverse dies. The 2nd die is shared with the above business strike, but... They have the 1-8-7 farther apart than your pics show.

How are the rims? It could be the other proof dies that aren't 1-8-7 far apart. I'm sure Rick will be by shortly

Manorcourtman

Here's another pic. Sorry I don't have coin in hand. These are Iphone pics of screen shots!! It's in a ANACS 10 holder fwiw. The CPG does not list a Snow number for it!

Manorcourtman

Bump for the morning Experts......

EagleEye

It looks to me to be the S2. Very rare and desirable.

Manorcourtman

<< <i>It looks to me to be the S2. Very rare and desirable. >>



Thanks Mr. Snow. Have you handled many over the years?

Manorcourtman

double post

EagleEye

I cherrypicked a MS63 out of a B&M auction in Baltimore about 5 years ago. It sold for $10,000. Probably worth more now that PCGS will label it. Prior to that I had only seen one example. It was only known to exist earlier because Breen listed it. There are similar Proofs. The Proof with the 7 & 1 nearly touching (a different die and paired with a Shallow N reverse) is also scarce but not like the S2.

Christos

Looks like a fantastic find.