1880 T$1 Trade, DCAM PR(PCGS#97060)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

3151

Grade

PR68DCAM

Price

66,000

Lot Description

This delightful specimen is fully untoned with awe-inspiring cameo contrast to the finish. Deeply mirrored, the fields form a splendid backdrop to frosty, sharply defined devices. A beautiful specimen that ranks at the pinnacle of Condition Census for this popular issue.<p>From a mintage of 1,987 pieces, all of which are Proofs since the Mint ceased producing circulation strike trade dollars in 1878 on the orders of Treasury Secretary John Sherman. The series in its entirety would come to an end in 1885, capped off by the famous 1884 and 1885 rarities.