1843-O $10 MS(PCGS#8589)

Spring 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5222

等级

MS61

价格

267,452

详细说明

Exceedingly Rare Mint State 1843-O $10 Gold 1843-O Liberty Head Eagle. Winter-2. MS-61 (PCGS). Far and away the finest 1843-O eagle that we can ever recall handling, this amazing Mint State example from the Fairmont Collection is destined for a world class gold cabinet. A vivid example, both sides are drenched in deep olive and warmer reddish-orange colors. The luster is satiny to softly frosted and the fields are faintly semi-reflective. Sharply struck, impressively so for an early New Orleans Mint issue,. The lack of singularly distracting marks further enhances this coin's appeal. After only the 1847-O, the 1843-O is the most available New Orleans Mint ten from the 1840s. Like many of the early eagle issues, however, very few examples were saved at the time, this despite the fairly significant mintage of 175,162 pieces. A small group of 1843-O eagles were found in a Louisiana plantation in 1974, but all are impaired. Very few examples have surfaced through repatriations from foreign bank hoards, with the result that this issue is a significant rarity in Mint State. This is only the second Uncirculated survivor that we have handled in recent decades and, for both the date and the assigned grade, it is coin that would be very difficult to improve upon. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection-Hendricks Set. PCGS Population: 5; 2 finer (MS-63 finest). PCGS# 8589. NGC ID: 262R. 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]