1892 Columbian proof?

PCGS has certified Proof Columbian Half Dollars.

 

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My 2 cents

I would say the are of a proof strike are 50%.due to visiting King & head of state in1892&1893 I sure some had coins given to them as gifts.
but proving that fact would be very hard. the facts lean more to Prooflike .

 

The Proofs were produced at roughly the same time and had nothing to do with visiting dignitaries.

 

If you say so but Ok .

 

I made a mistake in my previous post, I was thinking about Isabella proofs. Sorry.

 

I saw two of those at the ANA show as well, but they didn't look as nice as the Columbian proofs I was able to see. still pretty cool though.

I have read somewhere (can't remember which book) that there were 103 1892 proofs struck. I think they were the first 100 coins struck, the 400th coin, the 1492nd coin and the 1892nd coin. The rest were business strikes. I have read the same thing about a mintage of 103 for the Isabella quarter proofs. I don't remember any exact numbers for the 1893 proofs, the Redbook just says approximately 100 proofs were struck for each date (p. 278 of 2011 edition).