1839-O H10C MS(PCGS#4320)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1047

Grade

MS64

Price

3,120

Lot Description

Delightful satin surfaces are fully lustrous beneath an overlay of light golden-gray patina. The strike is impressively sharp with no softness to report. The 1839-O is the New Orleans Mint's second half dime, and the first of the Stars Obverse Liberty Seated design type. The 1839-O was produced in a locality and during an era when there was virtually no contemporary numismatic activity, with the result that New Orleans Mint issues such as this were largely consumed by commercial use which, after all, was their intended purpose. The few Mint State coins that have come down to the present day survived almost exclusively as a matter of chance.