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1911 1c PCGS PF66RB [L#2083

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1911 1c PCGS PF66RB [L#2083
Radiant orange-gold color with splashes of rose-magenta at the rim, a truly delightful combination for this elusive early Cent.

1911 proofs are similar in appearance to those of 1910, the satiny strikes coming as the dies wore and lost their roughened texture. In his general <I>Encyclopedia</I>, Walter Breen reported that true matte proofs are in the minority, a contradiction of his earlier statement in his proof <I>Encyclopedia.</I> It’s evident that the Mint did not consciously maintain one finish or the other. Instead, the satiny finish was an evolutionary progression of the matte finish as the dies wore.