1851 $1 J-132 Res, BN PR(PCGS#11563)

The January 2012 Americana Sale

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

10499

等级

PR65

价格

130,638

详细说明

1851 Pattern Liberty Seated Dollar. Judd-132, Pollock-159. Rarity-7-. Proof-65 BN (NGC). Obverse and reverse dies of the restrike proof 1851 Liberty Seated silver dollar (i.e., the date is centered in the field between the base of the rock and the denticles below). Struck in copper with a reeded edge.<br /> By 1859 numismatics in the United States had gained enough popularity that the Mint began making a concerted effort to market proof coins to contemporary collectors. Concurrently, it also became fashionable to offer restrikes of many earlier dated U.S. Mint issues that had become recognizable as rare and desirable collectibles. One of the issues that quickly caught the eye of contemporary collectors is the 1851 Liberty Seated silver dollar, the original circulation strikes of that date having been produced to the extent of just 1,300 pieces. (The popularity and desirability of the original 1851 silver dollar endures to this day -- see the relevant section of this catalog for a significant circulation strike in PCGS AU-58 that we are pleased to be offering in this sale.) Accordingly, the Mint began producing restrike 1851 Liberty Seated dollars for private sale, at first in silver but eventually in copper as well. The first silver restrikes almost certainly date to 1859, but according to the website uspatterns.com the earliest appearance of a copper restrike (now known as Judd-132, offered here) was as lot 1995 in Cogan's October 1865 F.S. Edwards sale. As such, it is possible that the first copper restrikes were not prepared until that year, and probably no earlier than 1863.<br /> As with the silver restrikes, the Judd-132 specimens in copper have the date centered in the field between the base of the rock and the denticles below, as described above. Conversely, on original 1851 Liberty Seated dollars the date is placed high in the field. Only a dozen or so examples of Judd-132 in copper are believed extant (again per the website uspatterns.com), and this vivid