Double-Eagle, 1888, choice Proof, pleasing cameo contrast, attractive rose and olive highlights, rarer than its mintage of 102 pieces implies, Akers (Volume VI, page 184) noted, "Proofs of 1888 are very rare; it is my estimate that twenty to twenty-five Proofs still exist" | Christie's

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RARE 1888 PROOF DOUBLE-EAGLE

Double-Eagle, 1888, choice Proof, pleasing cameo contrast, attractive rose and olive highlights, rarer than its mintage of 102 pieces implies, Akers (Volume VI, page 184) noted, "Proofs of 1888 are very rare; it is my estimate that twenty to twenty-five Proofs still exist"

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Double-Eagle, 1888, choice Proof, pleasing cameo contrast, attractive rose and olive highlights, rarer than its mintage of 102 pieces implies, Akers (Volume VI, page 184) noted, "Proofs of 1888 are very rare; it is my estimate that twenty to twenty-five Proofs still exist"