 1883 Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. One of just 900 pieces struck for the entire year, all on December 15 according to Breen in his Encyclopedia. Frosty and lustrous in the fields, with attractive surfaces for the grade. Identifiable by a minor arcing scratch near the base of the reverse. Traces of coppery-gold toning are found at the rims. Liberty's cheek, neck and hair are clean as expected, with no distracting nicks or bagmarks. A wonderful collector coin to represent this date, which boasts one of the tiniest mintages of any regular issue United States coin issued for circulation.
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