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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2412956, member: 78153&quot;]Your avatar looks like a proof so I presume you know this already.&nbsp; Most earlier (1916 and before) US proofs either aren&#039;t or don&#039;t seem to be widely collected.&nbsp; They are too many of them and any kind of set (date or denomination) is too expensive for the vast majority of collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1856 FE cent I would describe as having a &quot;reputational&quot; scarcity.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t remotely actually scarce but has been viewed (and priced) like many late 19th century and 20th century &quot;key&quot; dates.&nbsp; I have also noticed that some pre-1858 proofs which actually are scarce sell for relatively &quot;low&quot; prices except in higher grades or as CAM or DCAM.&nbsp; A few examples include the 1857 quarter and one of the 1830&#039;s 1/2c.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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