PCGS PR50
- PCGS #:
- 61771
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $12,650 • PR50 • 07-27-2008 • Stack's
Major Varieties
- 1876 1C J-1451
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 PR65 PCGS grade
Paramount “Auction ‘85” 7/1985:1308 - John Bolger Collection |
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#2 MS63 estimated grade
Rick Snow calls this a Proof Norweb Collection - Stack’s 11/2006:2786, not sold - Dr. Tim Larson Collection |
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#3 PR50 PCGS grade
Bowers & Merena 9/1994:982 - Superior 1/2003:506 |
Judd 1451 is an 1876 Indian Head Cent struck on a Copper-Nickel planchet. Three examples are known. In the past, these have been called off-metal errors, but there are a couple of arguments against such a designation. The first is the presence of lintmarks on the two highest-graded examples. Lintmarks indicate the dies or the planchets were wiped with a cloth before being placed in the coining press. They are seen primarily on Proof coins and rarely (if ever) on circulation strikes -- and certainly not on error coins. Second, the source of the planchets is speculative. For instance, the NGC "MS"64 example was reportedly struck on a Three-Cent Nickel planchet. However, the weight of that piece is .24 grams below the standard weight for a Three-Cent Nickel and, had the coin been struck on a smaller-diameter planchet (such as a Three-Cent Nickel), the denticles and peripheral details would have been weak and indistinct.