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Message:: [QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 617239, member: 16948"]Here is some interesting info from the article: • Pedigree - B.G. Johnson, Colonel Green, John Beck, Mike Byers• Condition - Finest Known And The Only One Certified Mint State• Rarity - One Of 3 Known Dated 1900• World Famous - One of the most well-known U.S. Coins that transcendsmint errors and is coveted by dealers & collectors.• World Record - Mike Byers bought this coin in 1975 out of the BeckCollection for $7,750. which was a world record price at that time.• Value - A Half-Million Dollars The Indian cent struck on a quarter eagle planchet. The year 1900 was listedby Pollock as P1990 because of the possibility that they were deliberatelystruck for collectors. The only problem with this is that 1900 is not the onlydate known. The illustrated 1906 piece was offered in Stacks June 2004 saleand Taxay lists 1907 and, also, 3 other years for Lincoln cents in his 1976Comprehensive Catalog. With regard to the 1900, 3 or 4 are believed to exist including the circulated1993 ANA example and the PCGS MS 65 Col Green, Beck, Byers coin, which isillustrated above, and is believed to be the finest known for any of these. Theearliest known purchase for one of these was the 1900 in the Dewitt Smithcollection that was purchased by Virgil Brand in 1908 and entered into theBrand journals as item #46973[/QUOTE]