1856 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. Proof. Unc Details--Altered Surfaces (PCGS).
Dusky sandy-gold patina blankets both sides and helps to explain the PCGS qualifier. Virtually full in strike, as befits the method of manufacture, with no sizeable marks to distract the eye. The Proof 1856 dollar is among the scarcer issues of this type, with only 50 or so survivors remaining as per specialists Dick Osburn and Brian Cushing (2018). An estimated 80 Proof examples were struck from a single die pair employing a unique obverse die and a reverse that would go on to strike original Proofs in 1857 and 1858, as well as later Proof restrikes dated 1851 and 1852. The present example is a desirable, if more affordable survivor that will appeal to specialists in Liberty Seated dollars or early U.S. Mint Proof coinage.
PCGS# 6999. NGC ID: 252A.

Estimate: $3000