Lot 1090
1868 Pattern nickel, Judd-623, Pollock-692, High rarity-5. Nickel, plain edge. . J-623. PCGS graded Proof 65. A sparkling jewel that boasts mint fresh frost on the devices and clean reflective fields. The planchet show some light roughness, which is visible on the devices only. Free of hairlines or handling marks, and apparently the only true gem yet graded. PCGS has seen 8 graded a notch lower, and this lone coin as PR-65. Carefully preserved since its day of issue, and last sold in 1968.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
Purchased from Abe Kosoff's October 1968 California State Numismatic Association, lot #1150, with white envelope included.
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