For Sale: HK-160 1892 Columbian Columbus Hat Left / New Metal Aluminum Small Scroll SCD

$425.00 · NGC MS 63 PL Jeff Shevlin Collection

Reference HK-160
SH 6-111.1 AL
Date 1893
Grade MS 63 PL
Price $425.00
Item # 5810
Metal Aluminum

Near TOP POP, only 1 certified finer by NGC. Struck by Childs, a Columbus obverse with the New Metal Aluminum Small Scroll reverse. The obverse outer inscription is the same as SH 6-137 & 6-138, but with a different portrait of Columbus in the center. There are three similar but different “New Metal Aluminum” reverse dies. This obverse is found with both Type 2 and Type 3 reverse dies. Both have small scrolls above ALUMINUM. Type 2 the T of TASTELESS touches the left scroll. Type 3 the S of ODORLESS touches the right scroll, see SH 6-139.