1959 SUPERB GEM+ CAMEO/NEAR CAMEO PROOF SET !!!! LOVELY FROSTIES !!!!

Description: !!!!! WHOLESALE PRICING TO RETAIL BUYERS !!!!! !!!!! GORGEOUS 1959 CAMEOS FOR TRUE COLLECTORS !!!!! !!!!! LOTS OF HEAVILY FROSTED DEVICES & "BLACK HOLE" MIRRORS !!!!! !!!!! EVERY COIN IN THIS SET IS HIGH GRADE !!!!! !!!!! EVERY COIN IN THIS SET ENJOYS SOME LEVEL OF FROST ON BOTH SIDES !!!!! !!!!! A MIX OF CAMEO AND NEAR CAMEO EXAMPLES !!!!! !!!!! PLEASE DO NOT BUY TO SLAB FOR INSTANT PROFIT !!!!! AFTER GRADING FEES + SHIPPING YOU WILL NOT MAKE A WORTHWHILE PROFIT. MORE LIKELY YOU WILL BE IN A LOSING POSITION. TODAY, THE SERVICES ARE GRADING CAMEO COINS WAY TOO HARSHLY! SOME OF YOU THAT FOLLOW MY LISTINGS KNOW THAT I RECENTLY BOUGHT A REALLY HUGE HOARD OF 1950-1970 CAMEO COINS FROM THE ESTATE OF ONE OF MY LONG TERM CUSTOMERS. I SUBMITTED OVER 500 COINS FROM THAT HOARD THAT I PROFESSIONALLY JUDGED TO BE SUREFIRE CERTIFIABLE CAMEOS. MORE THAN HALF OF THEM WERE SNUBBED FOR THE CAMEO DESIGNATION!! SO BEWARE OF SLABBING FOR PROFIT!! I HAVE 10 OF THESE 1959 ALL CAMEO SETS. YOU CAN BUY 1 OR MORE. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT GET THE PARTICULAR SET THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES. BUT I GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH ANY ONE OF THESE 10 SETS OR SHIP IT BACK FOR A REFUND. I’VE HANDPICKED ALL OF THESE COINS FROM MY EXTENSIVE CAMEO SINGLES INVENTORY TO ASSEMBLE THESE VERY SPECIAL SETS. I’ve listed a great date run of them this week…check them all out!! IF YOU ARE NEW TO CAMEO PROOFS OF THE 1950s AND 60s, there is some educational info about these special coins near the end of this description. THE DESCRIPTION OF EACH COIN THAT FOLLOWS APPLIES EQUALLY WELL FOR EVERY SET IN THIS LOT!! VERY SPECIAL QUALITY…TRY TO FIND A MORE EYE APPEALING SET OF 1959 US PROOF COINS FOR A COMPARABLE PRICE. These sets are extra special, absolutely gorgeous early strike frosted sets of 1959 proof coins! ALL ARE VERY HIGH GRADE EXAMPLES!! !!!!! TONE FREE FROSTED HALF !!!!! FULL CAMEO 1959 HALVES ARE TOO RARE AND EXPENSIVE TO PUT IN A SET LIKE THIS. THE HALVES IN THESE SETS ENJOY PRISTINE DEEPLY MIRRORED FIELDS AND A LOVELY FROSTED NEAR CAMEO OBVERSE!!!! VERY LIGHTLY FROSTED REVERSE. A PURE WHITE HIGH GRADE HALF DOLLAR!!! PURE WHITE HIGH GRADE 2-SIDED FROSTED WASHINGTON QUARTER!!!!! VERY NICELY FROSTED DEVICES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SUPERB GEM ROOSEY DIME!!! ANOTHER VERY PRISTINE HIGH GRADE PURE WHITE COIN!!! !!!!! BLAZING CAMEO JEFFERSON NICKEL…VERY HIGH GRADE !!!!!! FINALLY, THE LINCOLN CENT IS A GORGEOUS RED STRONGLY FROSTED BEAUTY!!! NICE CAMEO ON BOTH SIDES!! IN THE PICTURES, THE COINS ARE SITTING ON BLACK VELVET. THEY WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU IN INDIVIDUAL PLASTIC FLIPS. QUALITY LIKE THIS IS CERTAINLY WORTH YOUR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. WHERE ARE YOU 1959 BABIES...WHAT A KEEPSAKE FOR YOUR BIRTHYEAR!! A QUICK LESSON ON CAMEO PROOFS FROM THE 1950S AND 60S FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE NOVICES IN THIS AREA. The dies used to strike the collector proof or SMS (Special Mint Set) coins of this era were prepared by acid etching the recessed areas (the designs on the struck coin) and polishing the highest flat surfaces of the die (the background on the struck coin). The polishing of the high surfaces was meant to make the background on the struck coin look like a mirror. The point of the acid etching of the recessed areas was to create a frosted effect on the designs of the struck coin so that the proof coin enjoyed a “WHITE ON BLACK” or “CAMEO” effect. Unfortunately, the minting technology of the 50s and 60s era did not allow for this effect to last for many strikings of new dies. The frost on the recessed areas of the dies wore away rather quickly…after as few as 50-100 strikes. The result is that “CAMEO” proof coins of this era are very scarce. Less than 1% of the proofs minted in the 1950s qualify to be called “cameo”. In the early 60s, less than 2% of all proofs minted qualify to be called cameos. The effect lasted a little longer by the 1960s. Today, nearly every proof coin struck by the U.S. mint is a full cameo. From 1965-67, the mint did not strike any full proof coins. Instead they struck “Special Mint Set” coins which were supposed to be “prooflike”. The dies were prepared more hastily and with much less care for the “cameo” effect. For 1965-67 SMS coins, the cameo percentage is significantly less especially for 1965. 1965-67 SMS pennies are exceedingly rare because most of those dies were simply not prepared with any frosting effect at all…a poor job by the mint. OF COURSE THE VERY EARLIEST STRIKES OF FRESH DIES CREATE THE MORE HEAVILY FROSTED AND THUS INTENSELY CONTRASTED BEAUTIES!! Later strikings created less heavily contrasted coins until the effect was completely gone and the entire proof coin looked mirror-like with no frost at all on the design elements (called the devices). The proofs with no frost represent the vast majority of the proof coin production of the 1950s and 60s era. VERY SIMPLY STATED, THE CAMEO PROOFS OF THIS ERA ARE QUITE RARE RELATIVE TO FULLY MIRROR-LIKE UNFROSTED EXAMPLES!! THE STRONGER/HEAVIER THE CAMEO, THE MORE RARE, MORE STUNNING, AND MORE VALUABLE IS THE COIN!! THE VERY EARIEST STRIKES CAN BE MONSTER CAMEOS THAT BRING MONSTER PRICES!!! This isn’t rocket science…I simply fully understand the eye appealing look that most folks like and that’s exactly what I buy at the major shows. I leave the far less eye appealing “bargains” for others. Read my feedback and see if you want to join my rapidly growing customer base of folks who appreciate special quality at a very fair price! NEVER BE AFRAID TO PAY FOR QUALITY LIKE THIS. IT WILL PROVIDE IMMENSE PLEASURE FOR AS LONG AS YOU OWN IT, AND REWARD YOU HANDSOMELY WHEN IT COMES TIME TO SELL. Bid with confidence. 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Price: 74.95 USD

Location: Fishers, New York

End Time: 2024-04-09T17:00:21.000Z

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