Lot 1118
1860 Liberty Seated Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 63. Well struck and attractively toned featuring deeper iridescent hues. Only 1330 proofs struck. The Philadelphia Mint prepared 1,000 sets of Proof silver and minor coins this year. In addition, anticipating further interest in the silver dollar, Philadelphia struck 330 additional Dollars in anticipation. As it happened, sales of both the sets and singles failed to meet expectations. All but 527 of the Proof Seated dollars were melted at the end of the year. David Bowers, in his silver dollar encyclopedia (1993) estimates that somewhat more than 270 Proofs of this issue remain in collections. Pop 36; 51 finer (PCGS # 7003) .
Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000.
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| Realized $3,795 |
