1869 5C PR(PCGS#3823)
1869 5C PR (PCGS#3823)
Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4100
- 等级
- PR67
- 价格
- 22,279
- 详细说明
- Sharply to fully struck throughout the design, this otherwise brilliant beauty is dusted with the lightest golden iridescence that is not readily evident at all viewing angles. Dating to an era when the United States Mint had not yet begun to record the number of Proof minor coins struck each year, the mintage of the Proof 1869 Shield nickel is unknown. We do know, however, that at least 600 coins were produced for distribution as part of the year's silver Proof sets. Additional specimens were undoubtedly prepared for inclusion in three-piece minor coin Proof sets, explaining John W. Dannreuther's (2023) estimate of 700 Proofs struck in all, of which the author opines 600 or more are extant. While available by the standards of the early Proof Shield nickel series, most are poorly struck or show obvious signs of (mis)handling. The present example is a noteworthy exception to the rule in terms of surface preservation, and it is worthy of the strongest bids.