Certified Brown Percentage: 43%
Certified Red and Brown Percentage: 51%
Certified Red Percentage: 5%
Certified Cameo Percentage: 1%

At 6,609 pieces produced, the 1883 has the highest mintage in the Proof Indian cent series. This generous total reflects an increase in minor Proof coin sales that year due to a multitude of nickel five-cent types (Shield; Liberty Head, No CENTS; Liberty Head, With CENTS). According to Rick Snow (2014), the first minor coin Proof sets prepared that year included both the Shield and Liberty Head, No CENTS nickels, along with the Indian cent and nickel three-cent piece. Later sets had three pieces with the Indian cent, nickel three-cent piece and Liberty Head, With CENTS nickel. Not surprisingly, the 1883 also has the highest certified population of any Proof Indian cent, but Full Red coins from the mid and late 1880s are scarce on a percentage basis.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the June 2011 Baltimore Auction, where it realized $1,725.