1861 25C PR(PCGS#5557)

The March 2011 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1613

Grade

PR65

Price

3,808

Lot Description

1861 Seated Liberty Quarter. Proof-65 (NGC). Mintage for the Proof quarters of 1861 came in at an even 1,000 pieces, of which a moderate number survive today. However, precious few of these are gems as seen here. The surfaces are a delight to examine, with the high degree of reflectivity in the fields offset by the frosty devices. Toned with light orange-gold hues to the centers, with  a taste of peripheral blue. With the excitement building for the hoped to be short-lived conflict between the states in 1861, the mintage of quarters for both circulation and in Proof rose over most prior years. Scarce this well preserved and attractive.