1854 10C Arrows PR66 NGC....

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Beautiful PR66 1854 Arrows Dime

1854 10C Arrows PR66 NGC. The Arrows, Stars subtype was only struck for three years, between 1853 and 1856. Proofs of this subtype are rarely encountered and highly desirable. Diagnostics of 1854 proofs were described in our cataloging of the Kaufman specimen, and are fully met by the present piece:
"Like the half dime, every digit touches the base of Liberty, and the arrowheads are large, joining the base and the border on each side of the date. Faint die lines extend vertically through the date and arrowheads from the border to the base. The shield point is over the left upright of the 1 and the skirt pendant is slightly left of center over the 5. The 5 and 4 are joined. Several reverse letters have tiny raised defects on their top surface."
The present specimen has prominently reflective fields and a penetrating strike. The devices and fields are untoned, but the borders offer original freckles of ocean-blue, pumpkin-gold, and magenta. No hairlines or spots or visible, and only trivial planchet defects are present, including a small flake nestled above the space between the ES in STATES. Census: 2 in 66, 1 finer as PR66 Cameo (6/08).
Like all proof dimes struck dated prior to 1858, the proof 1854 Arrows dime is very rare. In the 1997 Pittman catalog, David Akers stated, "no more than 10-12 proofs are known." We are aware of only the following auction appearances of certified proofs, some of which may represent different appearances of the same coin:

1. PR66 Cameo NGC. Philip Kaufman Collection of Early Proof Sets, (Heritage, 8/2007), lot 1789.
2. PR65 Cameo NGC. Heritage, 1/2006, lot 3131.
3. PR65 NGC. Poof Collection (Bowers and Merena, 7/2005), lot 389.
4. PR65 NGC. Stack's, 4/1978, lot 497; Allen F. Lovejoy Collection (Stack's, 10/1990), lot 279; Stack's, 10/1997, lot 465.
5. PR64 PCGS. Central States Signature (Heritage, 5/2007), lot 2070.
6. PR64 PCGS. Superior, 2/1992, lot 2014.
7. PR64 NGC. Long Beach Connoisseur Collection (Bowers & Merena, 8/1999), lot 111.
8. PR63 PCGS. Pennsylvania Cabinet (Bowers & Merena, 1/1999), lot 1092.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 23CF, PCGS# 4743, GSID# 4201)

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 2.49 grams
ASW: 0.07205oz

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