- PCGS #:
- 535086
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $18,000 • PR67DCAM • 11-22-2020 • Heritage Auctions
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 PR67DCAM PCGS grade
Simpson Collection |
The 1869 Judd-770 is a $2.50 struck in aluminum from dies used on regular issue coins. The purpose of this coin was not to test the dies or a new design, rather the coins were made expressly for sale to collectors. It appears that the coins were sold as part of complete denomination sets (David Akers offered a complete set of six 1869 gilt aluminum denominations as a single lot in Auction '90). Some of the coins may have been sold individually or they may have been broken out of the complete denomination sets - either way, they are usually sold individually today.
Judd 770 is fairly rare and it is doubtful that more than a dozen were made. The finest example is a PCGS PR67DCAM that is now part of the Simpson Collection.