1878 $2.5 J-1567, J-1567 PCGS PR65 Red Brown

Certified PR65RB by PCGS, this 1878 $2.5 J-1567, J-1567 offers the technical quality expected of a serious collection coin. The coin offers color that includes red-brown; high-grade preservation, 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-1567 Judd attribution, features that matter to specialists in this series. The Bass pedigree adds a further layer of provenance, a point of real interest to collectors who track important cabinets. The Rarity-7 designation supplies an important measure of survival and availability. The reported census of 1 at this level with none finer gives useful context for its standing. It is the sort of pattern issue that rewards close study of die work, format, and preservation.