Breen's penchant for drama makes it impossible to trust many of his rarity estimates at face value, but in this case, he may have been understating the apparent low population with his "Very rare" suggestion. Ford's collection contained a single example, which is telling from a collection that often had duplicates of extremely rare pieces. Perusal of auction catalogs finds that extraordinarily few have been offered in the last ten years. This might well be the single rarest coin listed in today's sale.

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