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Lot 0401 1905 $2.50 Liberty PCGS Brilliant Proof 66

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:7,500.00 USD Estimated At:15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD
Lot 0401 1905 $2.50 Liberty PCGS Brilliant Proof 66
This handsome Proof quarter eagle is very bright with abundant glitter and flash on the devices, particularly so on Liberty's face as well as throughout the fields. The fields themselves should delight the viewer with their mirror quality and retention of all the freshness imparted by the dies. These later Proofs were struck very carefully so that even the tiniest recesses of the dies were brought out on each coin, hence Liberty's hair curls are stacked high, the central star angles crisp and detailed, while the eagle's feathers shine with full golden perfection. Exceptional quality like this symbolizes a high water mark in American coining craft, and bundled with the extraordinary "all brilliant" finish and strong Proof-66 grade, this is a coin which any collector will always covet. Remarkably, from the paltry mintage of 144 quarter eagle proofs struck in 1900, a fair number show up in the census. PCGS holder #8348811.