1905 Barber Half Dollar
Certified CAM Percentage: 6%
Certified DCAM Percentage: 0%
This Proof mintage for this date is just 727 pieces. At the time the market for federal coins was in a deep slump. As interesting as it may be to contemplate today, the hottest items on the market were such things as merchant's tokens, colonials, and encased postage stamps. This date is available in lower grades but becomes challenging at the Proof-67 level.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2017 Denver ANA Auction, where it realized $1,292.