1885 Choice Brilliant Proof and enjoying lovely glassy-mirrored fields. Frosted, delicately toned central obverse devices are encircled by wispy olive-russet at the periphery. The reverse offers somewhat deeper olive and russet-golden toning embellished by subtle iridescent highlights. A rather paltry 930 Proofs and 5,200 circulation strikes were produced of this scarce date.
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