1865 Brilliant Proof. This desirable Liberty Seated date boasts a Proof mintage of only 500 pieces. This brilliant silver piece displays the crisp precision of strike expected from Philadelphia Proofs of its era, but shows evidence of a thorough cleaning long ago with resultant hairlines in its bright fields.
Ex Central States Numismatic Society Sale (McIntire, April 1984, lot 2783).
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