1860 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. Proof-63 (PCGS).

Warm pewter gray central toning gives way to blended steel-olive and charcoal-blue iridescence at the borders. The central design elements are sharply to fully defined. The surfaces display wispy hairlines that preclude a higher grade, yet they are free of singularly notable blemishes. The 1860 is one of the more frequently encountered Proof No Motto Seated dollars, although survivors are much rarer than the stated mintage of 1,330 pieces might imply. It is most likely that only a few hundred examples were actually released to contemporary collectors with the balance ultimately destroyed at the Mint. Specialists Osburn and Cushing (2018) suspect that just 525 specimens remain, all from the OC-P1 die pair.

PCGS# 7003. NGC ID: 252E.

From the Francesca Collection.