1895 Indian Head Cent
Certified Brown Percentage: 26%
Certified Red and Brown Percentage: 57%
Certified Red Percentage: 15%
Certified Cameo Percentage: 2%
The Mint produced 2,062 Proof cents in 1895, 880 of which were intended for distribution as part of the year's silver Proof sets and the remaining 1,182 as part of minor coin Proof sets. Although this is a relatively limited mintage by Proof Indian cent standards, the 1895 is a particularly fertile issue for the variety collector. Snow (2014) reports five die marriages, three of which are Repunched Dates.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the November 2010 Baltimore Auction, where it realized $2,070.