Lot 1871
The Finest Known 1886 Gem Cameo Proof $5 Gold. NGC graded Proof 67 Cameo. Only 72 pieces were made as Proofs this year. But here's the best part: PCGS has graded a total of 7 of them (including duplicates?), the best being PR64. NGC has graded just 4; of them, the Reed and Trompeter coins were both given 64 numbers. There's another 64, but no 65s, no 66s, and only one in the Gem category--this one! Making it the finest known in a slab, no question about that. Its orange-peel surfaces are a sheer delight, as is the cameo effect--frosting on Liberty and the eagle, frosting on the stars, frosting on all the reverse legend, even frosting on the motto! (To identify it for all time, just northeast of the first star there is a tiny crescent-moon-shaped flaw in the field, about half a mm long.) In summary, this is truly Superb. "I like it, let's buy it!"
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| Realized $56,350 |
