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A spectacular Proof with exquisite eye appeal. Frosty motifs and deeply mirrored fields
form a delightful cameo contrast. Warm honey gold with pale tangerine highlights. A faint,
stray abrasion in the field before Miss Liberty's chin, perhaps an old staple scratch from
decades ago, is the only mark of merit, and the only reason why this coin is not
designated at a much finer level. One of 54 Proofs of the date struck, though various
cataloguers and firms over the years have given the mintage as low as just 15 to 20
(Thomas L. Elder, May 1937). As the Bowers reference on the series notes, "Walter
Breen found the quantity to be 54, as used here, from the records of the Chief Coiner at
the Mint." Interestingly, at the time the Bowers reference was printed, 2005, the
combined populations at NGC and PCGS totaled 77 Proofs for the date, absolute evidence
that many resubmissions have occurred for this rarity. A worthwhile coin, and as noted,
one stray mark from gem quality.NGC Census: 1; 3 finer within the designation (Proof-67
ULTRA CAMEO finest).
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