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1885 $5 PR64 Ultra Cameo NGC. JD-1, Low R.6. (PCGS# 98480)
Auction 1341 | Lot: 4714 | Jan 14, 2022

Sold For: $19,200.00
1885 $5 PR64 Ultra Cameo NGC. (PCGS# 98480)
Auction 1138 | Lot: 2370 | Mar 28, 2010

Sold For: $18,400.00
1885 $5 PR64 Cameo PCGS. Mint records indicate that 66 proof Half Eagles were produced in 1885, while the number of survivors is likely to be fewer than half of that figure. This lovely near-Gem exhibits warmly frosted devices that appear to float atop glassy, near-bottomless fields. This coin has the eye appeal, if not the technical quality of a full Gem grade, being held back in that regard by the presence of a few wispy obverse hairlines. We do note a thin, vertical planchet depression on the back of Liberty's neck which is so slight that is doesn't come into focus without magnification.
Auction 284 | Lot: 6837 | Feb 23, 2002

Sold For: $12,650.00
1885 $5 PR64 Cameo PCGS. This lovely near-Gem exhibits warmly frosted devices that appear to float atop glassy, near-bottomless fields. With no mentionable hairlines, this coin has the eye appeal, if not the technical quality of a full Gem grade. Mint records indicate that 66 proof Half Eagles were produced in 1885. Per Breen (1988), no more than 25 examples are believed extant, a few of which are impaired. Interestingly, we have handled only one other proof 1885 Half Eagle in the last 10 years, and that coin graded PR63 Uncertified.
Auction 271 | Lot: 8344 | Oct 6, 2001

Not Sold

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