1846/'5'-O $10 MS(PCGS#8596)

August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1303

等级

MS61

价格

279,130

详细说明

Condition Rarity 1846/'5'-O Eagle in Mint State Tied for Finest Certified at PCGS 1846/'5'-O Liberty Head Eagle. Winter-3. MS-61 (PCGS). This is a phenomenal condition rarity that ranks among the finest certified examples of both the issue and die pairing. Vivid golden yellow surfaces are intensely lustrous, an otherwise satiny texture yielding to decided semi-reflective qualities in the fields. Both sides are fully struck from the rims to the centers, a feature not often noted in New Orleans Mint gold coins from the pre-Civil War era. Exceptionally well preserved and solidly in the Mint State category, this beautiful coin is uncommonly smooth for the assigned grade and worthy of the strongest bids. The 1846-O has a mintage of just 81,780 pieces, far fewer than the 571,500 pieces reported for the 1847-O. While the latter is the most plentiful No Motto eagle from the New Orleans Mint, the former is among the rarest. This is particularly true in the finest circulated and Mint State grades, with Southern gold expert Doug Winter commenting in his 2006 New Orleans Mint reference: "[The 1846-O] is especially hard to find in higher grades and coins with good eye appeal are nearly unheard of." This is just such a coin, and its certified grade of MS-61 places it at the top of the Condition Census. It is sure to catch the eye of astute bidders, and we anticipate strong competition when it crosses the auction block.Winter-3 is the most frequently encountered die marriage of the 1846-O eagle, and it shares the same obverse as the other three varieties of the issue. In this late state, the bottom of the digit 6 is filled with a large die dot within its loop, this being the feature that once led numismatists to classify the variety as an overdate. Provenance: From The Des Moines Collection. PCGS Population: just 3; 0 finer. PCGS# 8596. NGC ID: 262X. Click here for certification details from PCGS.