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Lot 31 - 1859 Indian Head Cent NGC PF64

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Lot 31 - 1859 Indian Head Cent NGC PF64
1859 Indian Head Cent. Only 800 Proofs minted, many melted. An attractive fresh mirrored Proof example with choice surfaces and wonderful eye appeal. Solid in its standing as per the qualifications for the grade. Popular and important as a one-year type design featuring James Longacre's Indian head design and a one-year reverse design featuring a Laurel wreath reverse around the denomination, "ONE CENT". Uniquely, the obverse portrait is actually "Lady Liberty", a Caucasian representation of Liberty on loan from the Three Dollar design of 1854. She is wearing a feathered headdress of a Native American of the Chippewa tribe. The reverse is an olive wreath, although the laurel wreath description normally describing the coin is somewhat accurate as their leaves are visually similar. (#2247)<p><i>The Franklin Dean Collection</i>