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1862 $2.50 Liberty PCGS Proof 63

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1862 $2.50 Liberty PCGS Proof 63
<b>1862 &#36;2.50 Liberty. PCGS graded Proof 63.</b> Lovely golden mirrors and bright, frosty motifs. A delightful cameo Proof, certainly a coin of the most sparkling originality for the assigned grade. From a small Proof mintage -- the figure 35 has reached print -- but from a population of fewer than half that number that survive after the rigors of more than 140 years. Not only is the present piece incredibly rare, but it is also incredibly beautiful. Few equivalent examples exist in all of numismatics.

On the 1862 Proof, the date logotype is sharply and evenly impressed into the die, base of 1 closer to dentil than top of numeral is to truncation. Lower left edge of bottom serif over left edge of dentil below. The 2 in the date is strong and shows some unfinished areas within its curves, undoubtedly Breen&#39;s &#34;Partly filled 2; effaced overdate?&#34;

A listing of some famous appearances of this date follows:

1. October 1875. Edward Cogan&#39;s sale of the Cohen Collection, Lot 249, as part of a complete six-piece gold Proof set of the date; 2. December 1890. Chapman brothers&#39; sale of the Cleneay Collection, Lot 411, as part of a complete six-piece gold Proof set of the date; 3. October 1982. Bowers and Ruddy Galleries&#39; sale of the United States Gold Coin Collection &#40;Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.&#41;, Lot 195; ex John H. Clapp, 1942; John G. Mills &#40;Chapman brothers, April 1904&#41;; 4. July 1984. Stack&#39;s sale of Auction &#39;84, Lot 377; 5. July 1985. RARCOA&#39;s sale of Auction &#39;85, Lot 377; 6. February 1992. Superior&#39;s sale of the Trompeter Collection, Lot 42.

The 1862 quarter eagle is one of the foremost rarities in the entire Coronet quarter eagle series as only 35 Proofs were coined, as mentioned above. Of that number it has been variously estimated that survivors number between a low of 11-13 pieces &#40;Taglione&#41; to as many as 18 &#40;Breen&#41;. Whomever one chooses to believe, very few examples of this date exist in any condition. This Proof issue has been unwisely ignored, due in part to the fame of the 1863 that follows it chronologically and the underappreciated status of the associated business strikes <b>&#40;PCGS # 7888&#41;</b> <i>
The Stanley Kanney Collection.</i>

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