 1888 Very Choice Brilliant Proof. Abundantly frosted on the devices of the obverse and reverse, and bright silver save for a bit of peripheral gold and blue. The surfaces are clean, although hints of hairlines are present and a small area of haze rolls across the lower reverse. Proofs were coined in limited numbers, and for 1888 the total came in at 832 pieces, while those coined for circulation actually increased to a still tiny 12,000 pieces. This date has always commanded strong collector attention, as have all Seated Half Dollars of this decade.
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