1878 1C, CAM PR(PCGS#82323)

December 2025 Showcase Auction - The James A. Stack, Sr. Collection Part I

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

22014

Grade

PR65CAM

Price

2,160

Lot Description

This premium Gem Indian cent offers superior technical quality, full mint color, and marked field to device contrast. Vivid medium rose-orange surfaces are enhanced by razor sharp definition on even the most minor design elements. Cameo contrast is readily evident, adding to the eye appeal of this simply beautiful specimen. The 1878 is the first date in the Indian cent series for which the Mint recorded the number of Proofs struck; 2,350 pieces were produced using at least six different die marriages. Two of the varieties (Snow-PR1, offered here, and Snow-PR6) employ a reverse with a bulging right pennant on the letter T in CENT. This reverse die was used in Proof Indian cent production every year from 1872 through 1878. While Proof 1878 cents as a group are well made and tend to come "nice," few are as uniformly well produced and preserved as the present Gem. The <em>PCGS Population Report</em> confirms that this exquisite specimen is solidly within the Condition Census for the issue.