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Lot 645 - 1872 Liberty Seated Dollar PCGS PR64DCAM

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
Lot 645 - 1872 Liberty Seated Dollar PCGS PR64DCAM
1872 Liberty Seated Dollar. A blazing pale golden specimen with highly concentrated frost on the devices and almost ostentatious eye appeal. Don't mind the hint of hairlines in the otherwise deep, deep mirrors, since these are typically seen for this quality and have been taken into consideration by the grading service. Only 950 Proofs minted in 1872.

Today there is hysterical rumblings about a possible avian flu pandemic heading our way. Had you been alive back in 1872, something similar was the main news of discussion, but it affected hoofed animals. The Great Epizootic of 1872, as it was called, saw an estimated four million horses killed by an equine virus suspected of having come from Canada. This wreaked havoc upon urban transportation. In September in Philadelphia and New York, men were hitched to street cars to haul passengers and to carts to haul goods! In November 1872, a fire in Boston devastated 766 buildings and caused an estimated $75 million in damage, in part because the majority of horses to pull steam fire engines were incapacitated. Commerce suffered, and the Epizootic was given as one of the precipitating causes of the following year's Panic of '73. (#97020)<p><i>The O'Brien Proof Seated Dollar Collection</i>