Certified CAM Percentage: 21%
Certified DCAM Percentage: 2.5%

The Philadelphia Mint produced 880 Proof half dollars in this, the fourth year of the Barber or Liberty Head series. This is one of the most consistently well produced and preserved issues of the type, a status it shares with the Proof 1896, 1897 and 1898. Even so, previous few survivors are seen in the Superb Gem grades.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2019 Rosemont ANA Auction, where it realized $40,800.