1846-O $2.50 MS(PCGS#7743)

Spring 2026 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

8027

Grade

MS61

Price

6,000

Lot Description

Warm, even, green-gold color blankets both sides with highlights of iridescent rose-orange also very much in evidence. We see very few abrasions in a BU survivor of this issue, and certainly none that are worthy of singular concern. Typical strike softness shows at the centers of each side, particularly on the reverse, this being almost a diagnostic of the 1846-O issue, and probably the grade-limiting factor. Easily among the nicest-looking 1846-O quarter eagles your cataloger has seen in recent memory.<p>This issue has a limited mintage of just 62,000 pieces, and Doug Winter (2025) accounts for only 175-225 survivors in all grades. The 1846-O is the sixth-rarest New Orleans Mint quarter eagle and surpasses such other issues in this series as the 1847-O, 1850-O, 1851-O and 1852-O. The MS-61 we are offering here is very rare from a condition standpoint and numbers among the finest known examples.