Pre-1917 Proof Coins
Presents:
1861 Seated Liberty Quarter
SEGS Proof-64
Proof mintage = 1,000
Business strike mintage = 4,853,600
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A much better date Proof quarter despite the
large original mintage of 1000 pieces. At the beginning of 1862, over 600
of those coins remained available for sale, and were melted rather than
being kept in the Mint's inventory providing a net mintage of under 400
pieces. This coin was actually struck on April 15, 1861. In terms of
appearance, the scan came out rather awful. In reality, it is medium
toned, with the obverse being 2/3 blue and 1/3 gold, and the reverse being
3/4 blue and 1/4 rose. I wish I could figure out a better imaging system!
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