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1956 1C PR68 Red Deep Cameo PCGS. Only five examples o

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,100.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1956 1C PR68 Red Deep Cameo PCGS. Only five examples o
<B>1956 1C PR68 Red Deep Cameo PCGS.</B></I> Only five examples of the '56 Lincoln have received this lofty grade from PCGS, and not a single finer example has been certified by the California grading company (10/06). Rick Tomaska, perhaps the nation's leading expert on cameo coinage, wrote about this date: "Ultra-heavy cameo examples do exist, but they are quite rare. The few examples that have surfaced usually exhibit lovely obverse contrast with little or no reverse contrast. This is not a major concern to cameo cent collectors, since the design of the wheat cents makes detecting cameo contrast on the reverse quite difficult anyway." Tomaska's reference, <I>Cameo and Brilliant Proof Coinage of the 1950 to 1970 Era,</B></I> is useful to the serious collector of these proof issues. This example has rich and deep orange color with pristine mirrored surfaces and heavy mint frost, especially on Lincoln's portrait.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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