Lot 664
1856. PCGS graded Proof 62 PQ. Well struck with lovely colors and simply outstanding sharp detail in the eagle. Mint designer-engraver James Barton Longacre reworked Gobrecht's soaring eagle of 1836-9 and placed it on the obverse of America's first Small Cents. These were first given the name "white cents" by the public and must have been strikingly brilliant and silvery when new compared to the old red Large Cents then being withdrawn. For the reverse Longacre adapted his first wreath of cereals design first used on Gold Dollars and Three-dollar. The 1856 issue is, of course, THE coin to buy if you can afford it. And in Proof condition, as represented here, it is an amazing beauty! (PCGS # 2037) .
Estimated Value $11,000 - 12,000.
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| Realized $16,200 |
