Zakmar's basic type set
$2.5 LIBERTY HEAD 1840-1907


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: QUARTER EAGLES - CORONET, PROOF
Item Description: $2.5 1900
Grade: PCGS PF 62
Owner: Zakmar
 
Winning Set: Zakmar's basic type set
Date Added: 12/2/2008
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Lovely golden toning. Well struck. Nearly '63 quality with flaxen to orange-gold metallic patina over each side and only light hairlines. An eye-appealing, radiant Proof specimen.<br /><br />In order to understand the Proof status further, notice that it is struck with care reserved for these elite gold pieces; when it is compared to the usual softness at the centers on business strike Liberty quarter eagles, this gleaming jewel, on the contrary, received a full blow by the dies. In fact, twice the usual number of blows by the dies, since Proofs were struck twice on the mint's slower but surer medal press. Everything about it is razor-sharp. 250 Proofs struck, however it may be that a fair number of these were left unsold and returned to the mint for melting.

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