1854-O $3 MS(PCGS#7971)
1854-O $3 MS (PCGS#7971)
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4048
- 等级
- XF45
- 价格
- 35,826
- 详细说明
- Thoroughly PQ 1854-O $3 Gold 1854-O Three-Dollar Gold Piece. Winter-2. EF-45 (PCGS). CAC. A fully original, CAC-approved example of this key date three-dollar gold issue, and a significant numismatic rarity, as such. Handsome olive-orange surfaces exhibit glints of pinkish-rose color as the coin rotates under a light. Overall detail is impressive for this challenging issue, both sides lightly circulated with traces of original luster remaining. Alone among New Orleans Mint issues in the three-dollar gold series, the 1854-O was produced to the extent of 24,000 pieces. This is a generous total for the type, but attrition through circulation was high and of the 1,000 or so coins believed extant most grade EF-40 or lower, and seldom carry CAC approval. This is a noteworthy premium quality Choice EF worthy of the strongest bids. Only a single die variety is known for this issue, but survivors come in two die states. Late die state examples, as here, are characterized by incomplete detail to the ribbon at the base of the wreath, the result of die lapping on the part of mint employees. Provenance: From the George Schwenk Collection. Earlier from Legend Rare Coin Auctions' Regency Auction 54, September 2022, lot 276. PCGS# 7971. NGC ID: 25M5. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.