1876 $20 J-1493 PCGS PR66 Red Brown

Certified PR66RB by PCGS, this 1876 $20 J-1493 offers the technical quality expected of a serious collection coin. The coin offers color that includes red-brown; high-grade preservation, glossy surface texture, giving the piece an appropriately refined appearance. As a pattern issue, it belongs to the experimental side of U.S. coinage, where design, alloy, and denomination concepts were tested before regular production. Attribution details include the J-1493 Judd attribution, features that matter to specialists in this series. The Rarity-7 designation supplies an important measure of survival and availability. The certification data place it alone at the top of the grade listing. It is the sort of pattern issue that rewards close study of die work, format, and preservation.