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PEI Specimen
bosox
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I picked this up a few months ago. 1871 PEI specimen cent in PCGS SP63BN. It is a medal alignment example, which is much scarcer than the coinage alignment (2 examples to 10 in the PCGS pop report). I loved the colors on it. Great photo by Phil and his crew.
The PEI cents used the same obverse matrix as the Jamaican halfpennies of the day. The Royal Mint just mated that design to a new reverse designed for PEI.
Numismatic author & owner of the Uncommon Cents collections. 2011 and 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award, 2025 Guy Potter Literary Award, 2022 Paul Fiocca Award, & 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award.
http://www.victoriancent.com
http://www.victoriancent.com
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This is a wonderful coin, congrats. I'm digging the blue toning.
Very nice cent bosox. Frankly, it looks much nicer than a "63".
Another beauty Rob!!! Congrats.
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this is the nicest PEI I have ever seen...
Fantastic coin...
Here is its mint state counterpart. PCGS MS-67 Red, coinage alignment. The smudge is on the holder. PEI cents were well represented in the Heaton hoard, so there are quite a few high mint state examples out there. The specimen examples are much harder to find.
http://www.victoriancent.com
Great look!
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I prefer the look of the specimen to the mint-state one. A beauty!
Oh, snap! I love it! I want one!
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So, now you have a complete collection of PEI ?
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Sweet !!!
Excellent, keep up the good work !
Nice coins! My wife is from PEI. I have appreciated the PEI cent and some of the PEI tokens over the years.