1872 $2.50, CAM PR(PCGS#87898)
1872 $2.50, CAM PR (PCGS#87898)
The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4443
- 等级
- PR0
- 价格
- 144,093
- 详细说明
- Desirable 1872 Cameo Proof Quarter Eagle 1872 Liberty Quarter Eagle. Proof-64 Cameo (NGC). CAC. A glittering near Gem Proof of this elusive date, with a mintage of just 30 pieces in all. The surfaces are consistent yellow gold with the devices showing the desirable Cameo contrast against the mirror fields. The date punch shows the 18 normal, while the 72 are decidedly lower, especially the 2, which seems to be dodging Liberty's pointy truncation. Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers If I were to have commented on this coin 15 years ago I would have said that Proof quarter eagles of this date are typically encountered when we handle great collections. Today in 2013 the situation has changed, and many people will acquire trophy coins, such as this, but not seek all of the others within a certain specialty. Rarity comes to the fore with this lovely Proof, and probably no more than half of the original mintage still exists. PCGS# 87898. NGC Census: 1; 3 finer (Proof-66 Cameo finest) within the Cameo designation.