1853-O $20 MS(PCGS#8910)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5167

等级

AU58

价格

139,809

详细说明

Intensely Prooflike 1853-O Double Eagle 1853-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-58 (NGC). Offered is an important coin for the advanced double eagle or New Orleans Mint enthusiast, as relatively few 1853-O $20s survive from the mintage of 71,000 pieces. Bright golden-honey surfaces retain abundant prooflike reflectivity with tinges of pale rose and olive patina also discernible with patience. The strike is razor sharp throughout the design and displays only the most trivial rub. Virtually all known surviving 1853-O double eagles show some degree of circulation, and finding an example in such a high technical grade as AU-58 usually requires considerable patience and much persistence. The present 1853-O is in a grade high enough to attract an advanced specialist, yet it is much less expensive than a Mint State coin would be, if indeed you could find a nice one. New Orleans Mint double eagles were important to trade in their day - by steamboat up the Mississippi River connecting to inland cities and towns, and by sea to foreign countries. It is little wonder, then, that issues such as the 1853-O saw intense use, and suffered a high rate of attrition. PCGS# 8910. NGC ID: 268N. Click here for certification details from NGC.