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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1156994, member: 19423&quot;]I&#039;ve seen around a dozen or so of the 1892 Columbian proofs and a few of the 1893 Isabella quarter proof, they are very cool and hope to own one of them someday.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 103 mintage figure for the 1892 proofs seems to be pretty widely accepted and agreed upon.&nbsp; They were the first 100 coins struck, the 400th coin struck, the 1492nd coin struck and the 1892nd coin struck.&nbsp; All of the proofs were placed in numbered envelopes and had certificates accompanying them from the Mint.&nbsp; I have also seen sources report the mintage of 1892 proofs at 104.&nbsp; The 104 total includes the acutal first example attempted to be struck as a proof which was rejected becuase of a planchet flaw.&nbsp; However, there is a great account of the mintage of the Columbian proofs in the Swiatek/Breen book that seems to indicate that the rejected first coin struck as a proof (the first columbian ever struck) later wound up in an envelope indicating it was the 2nd coin struck and found its way in the hands of a collector... The No. 1 coin (really the second struck after the first rejected coin) was purchased by Remington for $10,000 and was the most expensive single U.S. coin transaction for nearly 50 years.&nbsp; But, it seems that the No. 2 coin may really be the first Columbian (and the first classic commemorative) ever struck.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Wikipedia article seems to indicate that there were no 1893 Columbian proofs... that isn&#039;t the case.&nbsp; There was at least one struck as a proof (the first one minted).&nbsp; Some sources indicate more than one 1893 proofs were stuck.&nbsp; CoinFacts reports a mintage of 5 1893 proofs.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sources usually report a mintage of 103 1893 Isabella quarters in proof as well.&nbsp; Again, the first 100 minted, the 400th coin, the 1492nd coin and the 1892nd coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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