Love it!

Impressive!

I would like to add some comments about my type set of shield patterns nickels that I posted here. Please feel free to add any of your thoughts.

1866 J-595 / Pollock-582.
The piece was struck in copper with a reeded edge, It is a nicely struck piece with nice hues with reflective fields especially rotated under a light. It does have a pedigree marker to help trace it – appears to me as some sort of die spalling at base of the “5”.

This is a High R.7 rarity with only possibly 8 unique specimens (one being impounded in a museum) had been traced by Saul Techiman - using auction photos/plates for comparison. One of these, were noted could be one of the other 4 as the auction photo was dark
My piece is from the Lemus Collection (Heritage 10/2009 Lot1260), Pollock noted this specific piece in his reference book with the technical aspects of 55.7 grains .809 diameter. Pollock also referenced a list of pedigree’s as

Ex: J. Brenner; F.C.C. Boyd; King Farouk; Palace Collections of Egypt (Sotheby's, 2/1954), lot 1800; Hirt (Pine Tree, 11/1975), lot 249; Auction '84 (Superior, 7/1984) -$1210), lot 492; and then it became The Lemus Collection, Queller Family Collection Part Two (Heritage, 1/2009), lot 1660,

Pollock listed pedigrees were the same prestige owners, as were listed by Superior in their 7/84 “Auction 84” Lot #492 catalog. However, USPattern.com concluded that those listed before the Hirt Pine Tree 11/75 auction cannot be verified. i.e. J. Brenner; F.C.C. Boyd; and King Farouk; Palace Collections.

Looking at Bill Rue historical pattern auction listing, this piece only appeared 19 times since 1954 and no prior listings. My piece made up of 5 of those 19 listings.