1898 Liberty Head Nickel
Certified Cameo Percentage: 20%
Certified Deep Cameo Percentage: 2.1%
Produced in relatively limited numbers (1,795 coins), the 1898 numbers among the scarcer Proofs in the Liberty Head nickel series. Locating a gem, cameo example should not be too difficult for anyone putting together a full set of proof "V" nickels.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2012 Philadelphia ANA Auction, where it realized $4,994.