Prooflike US Type Set
1C INDIAN HEAD, BRONZE (1864-1909)


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: CENTS - INDIAN HEAD
Item Description: 1C 1908 S
Grade: NGC MS 65 RD
Owner: physics-fan3.14
 
Winning Set: Prooflike US Type Set
Date Added: 3/24/2016
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Total Graded: 70606
Total Prooflike: 5
Percentage: 0.0071%

Prooflike Indian Cents are rare. Well, that is a bit of an understatement. PL Indian cents are RARE! When I asked one of the leading Indian cent dealers (Charmy Harker) about PL Indians, she said “They don’t exist.” Well, I refused to accept that as an answer, and kept looking. I knew that NGC had designated at least a couple, so they had to be out there somewhere.

Finally, I found this one. I was at the 2016 FUN show in Tampa, and had gone to pay a visit to Rick Snow and asked him to take a look at my Flying Eagle cent (to determine if it was a proof or actually a prooflike business strike). While at the table, we started talking about my set and my quest for PL coins. He showed me a 1908S in his case, and I immediately knew that I had to buy it. It was priced quite strongly, but it was worth it. At the time, it was in a PCGS 65RD holder, with his EagleEye sticker. He said that this coin was previously owned by QDB himself, in a set that Snow had helped him build.

The coin is bright red, with flashy, deep mirrors. There is a significant amount of cameo contrast on strongly struck devices. A couple of very minor carbon spots, and a couple of minor contact marks are all that hold this coin back from 66 – which is why NGC crossed it to 65+. There is a moderate amount of very fine die polish lines in the fields. For some reason, NGC did not designate this stunning coin as PL on the first try, so I am planning to send it back soon for a designation review.

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