1861-S $10 MS(PCGS#8634)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1226

Grade

F15

Price

6,000

Lot Description

1861-S Liberty Head Eagle. Fine-15 (PCGS). CAC. Lovely deep honey-orange surfaces are fully original in preservation with all major design elements bold. Unlike in the East and Midwest, where gold coins were withdrawn from active commercial use early in the Civil War, such pieces continued to circulate extensively on the West Coast throughout that conflict. Such circulation claimed most of the 15,500 eagles struck in the San Francisco Mint during 1861, thereby explaining the scarcity of the 1861-S in numismatic circles. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection - Rhone Set. PCGS# 8634. NGC ID: 2648. Click here for certification details from PCGS.