1942 1C J-2062 Red SP(PCGS#12250)
1942 1C J-2062 Red SP (PCGS#12250)
November 2021 Baltimore U.S. Coins auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3480
- 等级
- UNC Details
- 价格
- 12,233
- 详细说明
- 1942 Experimental Cent. Judd-2062, Pollock-Unlisted, RB 42-56a Fourth Reverse. Rarity-7-. Compression Molded Phenolic Resin Impregnated Paper Filler, Red. Plain Edge. Specimen. Unc Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). 19.0 mm, 1.7 mm thick. 7.6 grains. Obv:Bust of Columbia faces right, the portrait borrowed from the Colombian 2 centavo coin. The periphery is inscribed LIBERTY / JUSTICE with the date 1942 below. Rev:A simple wreath surrounds the inscription UNITED / STATES / MINT, the wreath copied from the Baker-155 Washington medalet. The reverse is rotated more than 90 degrees counterclockwise from coin alignment. Deep mahogany-brown and reddish-rose colors to both sides, the texture granular, as made. A product of Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co., and struck from a newly identified fourth reverse die that is not included in the 2012 edition of Roger W. Burdette's United States Pattern & Experimental Pieces of WW-II. The RB 42-56a attribution will be included in the next edition of the author's work but, in the meantime, this piece is incorrectly attributed on the PCGS insert as RB 42-56. The key identifier of the Fourth Reverse is the T in MINT higher than the other letters. Provenance: From the Bob Heisley Collection. 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.