1875-S 20C MPD FS-301 (Regular Strike)
Series: Liberty Seated Twenty Cents 1875-1876
PCGS AU58
PCGS AU58
PCGS XF40
- PCGS #:
- 395943
- Designer:
- William Barber
- Edge:
- Plain
- Diameter:
- 22.00 millimeters
- Weight:
- 5.00 grams
- Mintage:
- 1,155,000
- Mint:
- San Francisco
- Metal:
- 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $8,000 • MS66 • 01-10-2005 • American Numismatic Rarities
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 PCGS MS67
Pinnacle Rarities to Eugene H. Gardner, November 2006; “The Eugene H. Gardner Collection,” Heritage Auctions, June 23, 2014, Lot 30339 – $19,975. FS-301. Misplaced Date. Dark discoloration on Liberty’s neck and the space between her head and the cap. Mottled toning throughout the obverse and reverse. |
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#2 PCGS AU58
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#2 PCGS AU58
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1875-S Liberty Seated Twenty-Cent Piece, “Misplaced Date,” FS-301
The 1875-S Liberty Seated Twenty-Cent Piece (FS-301, #395943) is a misplaced date variety featuring the remnants of a digit—likely an 8—visible in the denticles below the primary 8 in the date.
The finest known example is the Eugene Gardner specimen, graded PCGS MS67. While this specific coin was originally submitted through a standard tier and is currently reflected in the "normal" 1875-S population report, a close-up inspection from its Heritage Auctions appearance clearly confirms the misplaced date.
For the coin to qualify as a variety in the PCGS Set Registry Program, however, it would have to be submitted through our Variety Attribution Program.
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