California Indian Round Variety CIRQ-2

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Only one certified example is known, an NGC MS66 that appeared as lot 9945 in an August 2011 Stack's-Bowers auction.

Pick-Up Points

Both pick-up points are needed to confirm the variety:

The date is 1901
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The numerator nearly touches the fraction bar
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Rarity 8
Head left
14 stars
Coin turn
Plain edge.
Diameter: 9.5mm
Obverse die shared with AIRQ-6 and CIRQ-2.
Reverse die shared with CIRQ-5, CMRQ-4, CMRQ-6, and CMRQ-10.
Equivalents: Bruce-California-X#Tn3, Burnie-46-2 (page 84), Locke (2001) N/L.