1976 Custer County Colorado Centennial Silver PROOF NGC PF68 Ultra Cameo
1976 Custer County Colorado Centennial Silver PROOF. Silver Proof Variety - Choice Brilliant Gem+ Proof: Ultra Cameo.
Pedigreed: #00039 (Engraved on Edge of Medal). Handsome ultra cameo example of this rare issue. Deep cameo fields enhance the frosty obverse devices. The reverse appears to be a mixture between a business and proof strike. An interesting strike-type; one I have never seen.Struck to commemorate the centennial of Custer County in Westcliffe, CO which is also the same year as Colorado's statehood centennial - The reverse displays a poem by Mary E. Martin; My steps grow quicker when I'm among these mountains. I would like to dance along the tops of trees, touch the new white mountains, be whirled in a wind of sun and snow. Each breath would be as big as the sky, and my arms would embrace this nobility of land'.