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1898 $1 PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:9,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1898 $1 PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS
<B>1898 $1 PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS.</B></I> The 1898 was among the best-made, if not <I>the</B></I> best, in the proof Morgan dollar series. Wayne Miller, in <I>The Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook</B></I>, says: "In its production of the 1898 proof silver dollar, the Philadelphia mint was as close to perfection as possible. Of the five most breathtaking proof Morgans the author has ever seen, three were of the 1898 issue. These specimens were incredibly deeply mirrored cameos, with devices so frosty white they appeared to be painted on."<BR> Miller's description aptly applies to the present Gem Deep Cameo example, as the frosty white motifs appear to float over the deeply mirrored, watery fields. The sharpness of strike seems to enhance this contrast. Under magnification, well preserved surfaces reveal just a whisper of gold-tan color at the margins. This is a simply fantastic coin! Population: 7 in 65 Deep Cameo, 13 finer (2/08).<BR><I>From The Queller Family Collection of Silver Dollars.</B></I><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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