1871 Choice Brilliant Proof, with claims to a Gem qualification. Sparkling and snow-white save for a touch of peripheral gold on the obverse and reverse rim. Boldly frosted by the dies, and well preserved. Minor hairlines account for the grade. Proof coinage increased to 960 pieces for the year.
Ex R. L. Miles Collection (Stack's, April 1969, lot 1367).
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