1851-D $2.50 MS(PCGS#7761)

August 2021 ANA U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6021

Grade

AU55

Price

4,320

Lot Description

1851-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter 14-M, the only known dies. AU-55 (NGC). Well struck for the issuing Mint, both sides exhibit bold to sharp detail in most areas. The surfaces are satiny in texture and remarkably smooth in hand, enhancing blushes of reddish-rose blending nicely with dominant deep orange-gold patina. Scarce to rare at all levels of preservation, the 1851-D is a low mintage (11,264 coins) pre-Civil War era Southern gold issue that suffered a high rate of attrition through commercial use. Doug Winter (2003) ranks this issue as the ninth rarest Dahlonega Mint quarter eagle and describes it as "one of the more undervalued" in this series. PCGS# 7761. NGC ID: 25HN. Click here for certification details from NGC.