1869 Indian Head Cent
Certified Brown Percentage: 16%
Certified Red and Brown Percentage: 64%
Certified Red Percentage: 13%
Certified Cameo Percentage: 7%
As with all early bronze Proof Indian cents (1864 through the mid 1870s), the 1869 is a significant condition rarity in the finest grades. The two known die marriages of the Proof 1869 cent share the same obverse die, which reveals minor repunching to the final digit 9 in the date when examined with the aid of a loupe. Snow-PR2, was struck from a reverse with a faint die polish line within the letter N in ONE; this is the same die that the Mint used to strike all known Proof 1868 cents.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2019 Rosemont ANA Auction, where it realized $5,040.