Lot 708
1855 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. NGC graded Proof 66. Toned with playful splashes of gold toning in the fields, with deeper blues near the periphery. Struck on a planchet which shows minor striation lines running approximately horizontal, slightly down from left to right, and these can be seen on many of the devices using a strong glass. Boldly struck, with all but the last star crisp to the center, and especially sharp on Liberty's head, and the reverse is also bold. Apparently, the date 1855 is much rarer in proof than 1854, and this is reflected in the Population Reports of NGC and PCGS. Further, this is a two year type coin, and struck just prior to the start of regular issue proofs around 1858, and the date 1858 is often used by collectors to commence their proof date runs. An exceptional rarity in this grade, and the finest graded by either NGC or PCGS, and alone in the Proof-66 category, and with a pedigree to match. If you demand the finest for your collection, then here it is! Don't miss it this time around, it may be gone for a very long time again.
Estimated Value $25,000 - 35,000.
From Bowers and Merena's Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Sale, 4/1997:1459; previously Harlan P. Smith Collection, S. H. and H. Chapman, 5/1906 to the John Clapp Collection and next to Eliasberg in 1942.
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