***Auction Highlight*** 1875-s Branch Mint Proof Twenty Cent Piece 20c Graded Choice Proof By USCG. Numismatic Rarity alert! Up for auction is one of the rarest 20c pieces to have survived. With less than 5 known. This is the legendary 1875-s Special Strike Issue. It is known that the San Francisco mint made 12 of these in 1875. Per PCGS “Jaime Hernandez: The 1875-S Special Strike 20 Cent Piece is definitely a great rarity in numismatics. There is very little information about this coin but one thing is for certain, it is unquestionably a special coin. The coins may have been struck to celebrate the first 20 Cent Pieces struck at the San Francisco Mint, as Branch Mint's at times struck examples to celebrate special occasions. Such as a first year, last year of issue coins or first year denominations, etc. The characteristics of the 1875-S 20 Cent Piece coins display a bold strike and have overall great detail. The rims also tend to be very sharply struck. Some experts believe a dozen or so exist, however, far fewer examples have actually been confirmed.” The discovery coin was made by Walter Breen at the 1964 ANA. The diagnostics were first published in an article by Roy Rauch in The Gobrecht Journal in 1974. The diagnostics he listed are: three horizontal scratches in the bars of the shield and a small triangular die chip very near the staff just below the hand. On the reverse, there is a small scratch from the bottom leaf above the T in CENTS to the S in CENTS, and there is pronounced separation from overzealous die polishing on the bottom serif of the S in CENTS. All these diagnostics are present on our coin! Additionally, the example at hand has a bold strike, differing from all other 20c pieces I’ve ever encountered. It has incredibly sharp rims and the Liberty on the Shield matches perfectly to the one certified by PCGS. It has mirrored fields and no known Proof Like 1875-s are known. A True numismatic rarity. The last to go to auction was in 2002, and it sold for $32,000. A cameo went to auction in 2004 and sold for $104,000. Good Luck on obtaining this Near unique example. A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away, you might not find its equal Coin. I give this coin my highest recommendation