Lot 1850
1905 $2.50 Liberty. PCGS graded Proof 61. As a date, 1905 gold Proof production continued with the prior year's less contrasting mirror finish on the devices. In the 1890s, the devices were more heavily frosted, and thus showed greater contrast from the fields. A mere 144 dribbled from Philadelphia's coining press to fill collector orders for the year. Many of these were later lost, spent or mishandled. This particular coin has minor handling marks, accounting for the grade, but none deep or serious.
From Superior Galleries "Northwood Institute and Dr. H. Gladys Spear" Collections Sale, October 1979, lot 803.
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