Lot 255
1936. Type 1. PCGS graded Proof 68. Well struck and brilliant. Only 4,420 minted. A satiny gem with richly imbued luster that graces the frosty nickel-bright sheen of the surfaces. 100% boldly struck for the date, indeed, about as fine a Proof as is ever found. James Earle Fraser would have loved this one! Type 1 survivors are a bit rarer than those of their identically dated Type 2 counterpart because the satin-finish specimens did not ring a favorable chord among contemporary collectors who remembered the bright, mirror-finish Barber coinages of their parents’ day. This is certainly one of the most exceptional Proof 1936 Type 1 Nickels extant. Pop 32; 1 finer in 69 (PCGS # 3994) .
Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,000.
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