Liberia 1847 cent
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This specimen was lot 73120 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "LIBERIA. Cent, 1847. PCGS PROOF-64 Brown Gold Shield. Dazzling and brilliant, this near Gem presents deep red-brown surfaces and a stunning array of luster radiating throughout. Just one has been graded finer in the PCGS census." This type was issued along with a similar two cents. Proofs exist and turn up in auctions from time to time, suggesting that they were saved. Liberty has a distinctly European appearance even tho the settlement was intended for Africans.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM 1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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