| Description: |
Bright and sparkling golden surfaces with pale blue highlights on the high points, just a
few tiny surface marks from a finer grade. Sharply struck with just the tiniest nuance of
weakness at the end of the eagle's tailfeathers. From a modest mintage of perhaps 100 to
200 pieces, mostly made for distribution with the 12-piece sets of the year made at the
Mint for collectors. Just seven grading events for Proofs of the date have occurred at
PCGS in a finer grade than that offered here. The "High Leaf" variety, with the
viewer's left-hand leaf on the reverse higher in the field than the adjacent bottom of the
C in CENT; the Bowers reference on Flying Eagle and Indian cents (1996) notes: "Small
Letters Proof cents exist of both the High Leaf and Low Leaf types, with possibly the Low
Leaf the most often seen." A rare prize for Flying Eagle cent specialists, and almost
certainly a coin that will be avidly contested as it enters the auction arena.PCGS
Population: 30; 7 finer within the designation (Proof-66 finest). |
