Words largely fail to convey the truly breathtaking showcase that emanates from each side of this Choice Proof. The central obverse is awash in a rich blue sapphire that moves towards lime and, eventually, tangerine hues at the border. A more incandescent display paints the reverse, featuring a bulb of glowing amber that blooms out into magenta and cyan at in the peripheries. All of this color is painted upon a canvas of fully brilliant surfaces, with deep, watery fields and a particularly stark cameo contrast to be noted on the reverse. The obverse peripheries demonstrate a trivial weakness seen on nearly all example, allowing planchet striations to remain visible in in select areas, though the focal elements remain impressively sharp. Struck to an unknown, though certainty limited, quantity, less than two dozen unique pieces are thought to exist today. The present example is bested by just a single coin graded Proof-65 by PCGS, and only two examples exist in the Cameo category at Proof-64 Cameo and Proof-65 Cameo. As one of the finest and most attractive survivors of this desirable Proof issue, this piece is worthy of an in-hand experience. ,,PCGS# 5551. NGC ID: 23WW.,PCGS Population: 4; just a single coin finer at Proof-65.,The current PCGS CoinFacts plate coin.
