SLOTKIN FAMILY TRUST GOLD PROOF TYPE SET
$10 Coronet Head, No Motto (1838-1865)

Owner Comments:

1860 Proof-64 Deep Cameo (PCGS).

A satiny delight. The heartily frosted motifs and mirrored fields are a pleasing medium orange-gold study in cameo contrast, the devices seemingly afloat on a sea of reflective molten gold. From a reported Proof mintage for the date of just 50 pieces, though Breen expostulated that "at least 30 Proofs sold in sets, rest melted January 1862 [1861?] as unsold; not over 10 traceable." He mentions that a few of the known specimens are "impaired" as well. Two of Breen's "traceable" specimens are permanently impounded in museum collections, one at the Smithsonian Institution, the other at the American Numismatic Society. The present beauty compares easily and favorably to Bass:1473 (October 1999) for quality and appeal, and is among the finest extant Proofs of the date as a result. For the record, PCGS has certifed two examples of the date as Proof-64 DCAM, as here, with none finer. Rare, beautiful, important, desirable, and unobtainabale.

PCGS Population: 2; none finer within any designation.