1867 $2 1/2 J-595 PCGS PR66 Brown CAC

With a PCGS grade of PR66BN, this 1867 $2 1/2 J-595 brings together technical preservation and issue-specific appeal. The first impression is one of well-defined design detail; high-grade preservation, a useful indication of how carefully the piece has been preserved. 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-595 Judd attribution, features that matter to specialists in this series. The Rarity-7 designation supplies an important measure of survival and availability. The reported census of 2 at this level with none finer gives useful context for its standing. Collectors of experimental U.S. coinage prize pieces like this for their link to ideas that shaped, or nearly shaped, the nation’s circulating designs.