2017 was a banner year for my registry with some of the finest examples know being acquired.  Couldn’t resist the Florida Auction and acquired this unbelivable specimen tonight as well as three others.

This will go into the vault and will not be seen again by the public for 3 generations.  Rick, if you want to see it, we can make arrangements.

This piece surfaced in public auctions a decade ago with no accurately traceable pedigree. NGC lists a numerically equal non-Cameo proof, which has either never been offered at auction or is an upgrade from one of the lesser coins in our census, but this piece is without doubt the finest Ultra or Deep Cameo known. Deeply mirrored fields and sharp, frosty devices produce cameo contrast reminiscent of a freshly struck proof. Faint die polishing lines in the fields are visible at certain angles under a loupe, not to be confused with hairline scratches. Technically and visually the finest that the 1884 proof half eagle issue has to offer. 

PR 66 UCAM - eQuine Holdings (possibly the lost King Farouk example 1954)

PR 65 DCAM - Private Collection

PR 65 UCAM - unknown, formerly the Child’s Collection

PR 65 - Ullmer 1974, Bass 2000

PR 64 DCAM - Unknown. Last Auction Appearance 2003, formerly Eliasberg collection

Choice PF - Unknown. Last Auction Appearance 1998

PR 63 - Frontenac

PR 63 Cameo - Rogers Fred

Proof - Kaufman

PR 64 (2 coins) - Smithsonian 

Proof - JP Morgan Numismatic Society