It’s been packed for quite awhile but here it is. A beautiful brown IHC and a very tough date in nice condition. It’s a tough date in any grade for that matter. She’s an 1877, one of the 852,500 that were minted. I believe it’s the rarest date in the series. That whitest spot on both sides is a reflection of light on the holder. Sorry about that.
Lol yeah. My old story is about a decade ago at a coin store and they had nice AU pillar dollar. I thought to myself, "I have always wanted a nice pillar dollar" and bought it. When I went to put into the SDB I found a Mexico box and inside there were 4 other AU pillar dollars. So, at least 5 times in my life "I always wanted to own a nice pillar dollar". No idea whatsoever what I own outside a few memorable coins like my avatar. Heck, last time in a SDB I found 3 other Byzantine gold coins I do not remember buying just randomly laying there outside of a box at the bottom of the SDB.
MAYBE rarest by availability, but not rarest by mintage. That crown belongs to the 1909 S mintage of 309,000, less than half that of the 1877. Price on the 09 S has been going up too. Should overtake the 77 soon if it hasn't already.
