1839 $10 Type of 1840 MS(PCGS#8580)

Spring 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5214

等级

AU58

价格

351,509

详细说明

Condition Rarity Near-Mint 1839 Eagle Type of 1840 None Graded Higher with CAC Approval 1839 Liberty Head Eagle. Small Letters (a.k.a. Type of 1840). AU-58 (PCGS). CAC. Here is an extraordinary condition rarity that will have great appeal for advanced first year gold type collectors and specialists in the challenging Liberty Head eagle series. This pretty honey-gold example is enhanced by iridescent pale rose highlights. Nearly complete, frosty luster shines forth from surfaces that are very smooth for having seen light commercial use. Sharply to fully defined with impressive quality and eye appeal for a Choice AU survivor of this issue. The second type of Liberty Head eagle produced in 1839, the Small Letters is distinguished from its Large Letters counterpart not only by the difference in size for the reverse lettering, but also by significant modifications to Liberty's portrait. The 1839 Small Letters was produced to the extent of just 12,447 pieces, as opposed to the slightly more generous mintage of 25,801 coins for the 1839 Large Letters, and is by far the rarer of the two issues. This is often overlooked (and, consequently, underrated) by collectors focused on the brevity of the Large Letters design type of 1838 and early 1839. In fact, PCGS CoinFactsprovides an estimate of only 50 to 60 coins extant in all grades for the 1839 Small Letters. The vast majority of these coins are circulated to one degree or another, and even the primary specimen in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution is an AU-55 (per Garrett and Guth, 2008). With Mint State survivors all but unknown, and no other AU-58s approved by CAC, the offered coin from the Fairmont Collection represents the very finest obtainable for the issue as far as most collectors are concerned. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection-Hendricks Set. PCGS Population: 6; with a single MS-62 finer. CAC Population: 1; 0. PCGS# 8580. NGC ID: 262F. 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. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins]