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

March 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

10368

等级

AU58

价格

227,988

详细说明

Exceptionally Sharp and Well Preserved 1846/'5'-O Eagle 1846/'5'-O Liberty Head Eagle. Winter-3. AU-58 (PCGS). This is a gorgeous New Orleans eagle, nearly Mint State and worthy of premium bids. Medium gold with a tinge of honey-orange, both sides retain virtually complete mint luster in a predominantly satin texture. The fields are semi-reflective, but direct light brings out a noticeable prooflike finish. This sharply struck coin is easily one of the nicest examples of this scarce and challenging issue that we have ever handled. 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." Indeed, many of the AU examples that we have handled over the years have been heavily abraded with little eye appeal. Not so the present example, a coin with very smooth, problem free surfaces. 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 top of the digit 6 is filled with a large die dot within its loop, these being the features that once led numismatists to classify the variety as an overdate. Provenance: From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) New York ANA Sale of August 1976, lot 3064; our (Stack's) James Walter Carter and Margaret Woolfolk Carter Collections sale, January 1986, lot 203. January 1986 sale lot tag included. PCGS# 8596. NGC ID: 262X. Click here for certification details from PCGS.