Lot 1055
FANTASTIC GEM PROOF 1883 EAGLE. NGC graded MS-65 Cameo. A fabulous coin that boasts highly frosted devices which are proudly offset by the deeply mirrored fields. Mint records indicate that just 40 were coined in Proof, of these only 15 have been graded thus far (with duplications very likely between PCGS and NGC), this being tied for the finest known with one other gem proof that is graded by PCGS. Even the Trompeter coin graded a notch lower at NGC Proof 64 Cameo, indicating how difficult this coin is to locate in full gem Proof 65 condition.
As the surfaces are nearly perfect, it is often difficult to trace a pedigree on a proof coin, but on this particular example there were a couple of minute specks that confirmed our suspicions. One tiny copper speck is located very near the rim just left of the seventh obverse star, another copper speck is located at the end of the branch both of which confirm that this is the DiBello coin, and previously its from the Davis-Graves collection. Here is a coin with the finest of pedigrees, in the ultimate condition of any 1883 Proof eagle, just waiting to grace your collection.
Examination will note some faint marks, most of which were in the planchet before this piece was coined, and the surfaces are very well preserved.
There you have it, a fantastic rarity in any condition, and this clearly one of the two finest known of the date, with a superlative provenance, it scarcely gets any better for the numismatist.
Estimated Value $25,000 - 35,000.
From Stack's sale of the DiBello Collection, May 1970, lot 1097: earlier from Stack's Davis-Graves Sale, April 1954, lot 885.
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| Realized $34,500 |
