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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yarm, post: 985121, member: 5795&quot;]<b>1859 Proof Seated Dollar</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a blue dollar and a story to boot. This proof 1859 had resided in the Norweb collection for many decades until sold at auction in 1988.</p><p>&nbsp;I thought it was the most beautiful seated dollar I had ever seen but didn&#039;t have the nerve to buy it raw. When I was offered the coin in 1989</p><p>&nbsp;in an NGC PR66 holder (without pedigree!), I gulped and bought it. At the time PR66 early seated dollars were almost unheard of. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward almost 20 years. I had stopped collecting US coins but had held onto just this and one other seated dollar from Norweb. </p><p>&nbsp;The 1859 was consigned to Heritage in 2008 after it was crossed to PCGS PR66 from NGC PF66*.&nbsp; In Sept. 2008 and July 2009, </p><p>Heritage auctioned it as an NGC PR67*!&nbsp; Finally, (I hope) it was auctioned by Heritage in March 2010, this time as PCGS PR67 CAC, without pedigree! </p><p><br /></p><p>These Heritage images pretty accurately portray the coin and it&#039;s color. For some reason the sale images for the other auctions make it appear</p><p>&nbsp;more of a gaudy green.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/Message%20board%208/98d0595c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/Message%20board%208/778a615e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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