Certified Brown Percentage: 33%
Certified Red and Brown Percentage: 57%
Certified Red Percentage: 8%
Certified Cameo Percentage: 2%

Along with the 1897, the 1896 is the scarcest Proof Indian cent from the late 1890s in full Red preservation. This situation is at least partially attributable to a relatively small mintage of 1,862 coins, as the Mint produced only 762 silver Proof sets and 1,100 minor coin Proof sets in 1896.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2019 Rosemont ANA Auction, where it realized $9,300.