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1875 20C PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:14,500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1875 20C PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS
<B>1875 20C PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS.</B></I> The short-lived twenty cent denomination was flawed from the start, due to its less than sterling utility, its politically shaky connections with the Western silver interests, and its obvious overlap and resemblance to the much more familiar twenty five cent piece. Fortunately for type collectors, the first-year proof mintage in Philadelphia was 2,790 pieces, or more than 7% of the business strike emission. Considerable numbers survive, but the survivors are mostly found in the lower proof grades, and few indeed are seen in Cameo or Deep Cameo condition. This Gem proof is tied at PCGS with one other piece as the finest graded Deep Cameo piece (11/07).<BR> Thick mint frost coats the devices of this largely untoned, lovely silver-white piece, which under magnification shows some swirling, raised die lines on the obverse, along with a few light hairlines that likely preclude an even finer grade. A nice and unimprovable piece for the connoisseur of first-year type.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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