1885 $20, DCAM PR(PCGS#99101)

1885 $20, DCAM PR (PCGS#99101)

August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night

详细说明: 1885 Liberty Double Eagle. Proof-66 Deep Cameo (PCGS). CAC. An impressive beauty with intensely frosted motifs and deeply reflective mirror fields that offer a stark "black and white" contrast when viewed head-on. An exceptional rarity in all grades, a date that saw proof production of just 78 pieces, with perhaps just 15 or so examples traceable today. Indeed, 1885 is a rarity across the board, as just 751 circulation strikes were produced. The present coin is numerically finer than Bass:1895 (October 1999), and is cited there as being finer in that lot's PCGS Population Report information. It isn't often that a writer is able to pen the term "finer than the Bass specimen," but here that opportunity presents itself. Whether you seek the rarest of the rare or the finest of the fine, the present beautiful DCAM double eagle rarity fits the bill. Don't be shy -- bid as though you mean to own this prize. Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers Memorable for its quality, memorable for its rarity. This is one of the most important double eagles auctioned in our time. No superlative could be excessive in the description of this wonderful coin. As a date the 1885 is prohibitively rare and in proof format rarer yet. In ultra Gem proof grade with the CAC imprimatur, there is nothing left to be desired. Here indeed is a rarity to be remembered for a long time.