1850-O $1 MS(PCGS#6938)
1850-O $1 MS (PCGS#6938)
June 2023 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3189
- 等级
- AU50
- 价格
- 22,034
- 详细说明
- 1850-O Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. OC-1, the only known dies. Rarity-2. AU-50 (PCGS). This pretty piece is brilliant apart from mottled reddish-gold peripheral iridescence that is bolder and more extensive on the reverse. Well defined for both the issue and the assigned grade, the reverse is sharp and the obverse only a bit less so. Much luster remains. The 1850-O is the second of only four New Orleans Mint issues in the Liberty Seated dollar series, and it is the rarest. The mintage of 40,000 pieces was achieved at the request of local bullion depositors, much of the silver coming from Spanish colonial and Mexican dollars deposited for recoinage. As with the 1846-O, the 1850-O was primarily intended for use in the export trade from the bustling port of New Orleans, but many examples also saw commercial use in the South Whereas many of the 1846-O dollars exported to Europe during the late 1840s returned to the United States in payment for American goods, most 1850-O dollars sent there during the early 1850s were melted for their bullion value. With no contemporary numismatic interest in New Orleans Mint coinage, as well, it should come as no surprise to read that the 1850-O is rare in About Uncirculated grades. PCGS# 6938. NGC ID: 24YN. 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.