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opportunity to valuable coin and coin own the "ultimate". i recently sold a 1954 ngc cameo pf 66 lincoln cent, ultra-heavily contrasted, to a client for $400. no other series in u.s. numismatics today offer the collector so much quality, eye-appeal, and rarity, for identify valuable rare coin so little money. if there is any doubt as to the rarity of a 1954 ultra-heavy cameo lincoln cent, go out and try to find another! attend the next local coin show. coin attend the next ana show, the next fun show (one of the two or three largest shows of the year). good luck! you will find other u.s. coins of far lower quality, with far less appeal, that are far more common, for the same amount of money! you won''t find that 1954 cameo cent!there valuable are many other dates and denominations in the cameo proof series as undervalued as the 1954 cameo lincoln. the series is loaded with "sleepers". the coin special valuable mint set coinage of the 1965 to 1967 period are sleepers, as is the 1950 ultra-heavy cameo pf 65 franklin (yes, even at $6500 - it is one of the great rarities of twentieth century coinage), 1951 ultra-heavy cameo pf 65 franklin, 1952 ultra-heavy cameo pf 65 franklin the most popular single market in u.s. numismatics today is coin unquestionably the silver dollar market. yet, involved "acid-dipping" the dies before they were polished. the solution used during the 1950 to 1970 period, a bath consisting of 5% nitric acid/95% water, was used to create an acid-etched appearance on the die. when the die was subsequently polished and buffed, the recessed portions of the die, the devices, retained their acid-etched cameo. the very first strikes off one of these new dies would possess a gorgeous, intense cameo effect very similar in quality to the proofs minted today. the raised portions of these early strikes, the devices (on the franklin half, these would be the bust of franklin, the lettering, and date on the obverse, and the liberty bell, eagle, and lettering on the reverse) would display a snow-white cameo effect that would stand in stark contrast to the deep-mirrored fields surrounding them. the flawless, jewel-like quality of the best of these cameos almost look like works of art rather than mere coins! indeed, to most collectors, these coins are works of art! the frosted devices of these early cameo dies were quite delicate valuable - one could coin easily scratch a bit of frost from the die with one''s fingernail, and were the first part of the die to wear. each
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