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1895 $2 1/2 PR66 Ultra Cameo NGC. Gorgeous, deep black

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1895 $2 1/2 PR66 Ultra Cameo NGC. Gorgeous, deep black
<B>1895<$2 1/2> PR66 Ultra Cameo NGC.</B></I> Gorgeous, deep black-on-gold contrast is evident on each side of this Premium Gem proof example. The Breen proof <I>Encyclopedia</B></I> comments that the same die--identifiable by a minute point down from the lower point of the bun, which the present coin shows as a small round dot in the field--was apparently used on all 119 recorded proofs of this issue and some of the paltry 6,000 business strikes produced. This lovely, near-pristine piece shows only a couple of minuscule contact points under magnification that are completely consistent with the PR66 grade. Census: 6 in 66 Ultra Cameo, 5 finer (7/06)..<BR><I>Ex: Gibson-Groves (Stack's, 11/74), lot 514; Stack's, 3/82, lot 1074.</B></I><BR><I>From The Redfjord Collection.</B></I>