Liberia 1847 cent

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73120

photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

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.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1847 2 cents
• 1862 cent
• Coins and currency dated 1847