1857-O $10 MS(PCGS#8623)

Spring 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

3084

Grade

AU50

Price

4,800

Lot Description

1857-O Liberty Head Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-50 (NGC). An attractive medium gold example with overall bold striking detail and appreciable remnants of mint luster. Appealing About Uncirculated quality from a mintage of just 5,500 pieces. The 1857-O is regarded as the third rarest New Orleans Mint eagle of the No Motto design type after the 1859-O and 1841-O. Mint State coins may be unknown; the James A. Stack specimen that was auctioned as Uncirculated in 1994 has since been certified AU-58 by NGC. Rare in AU, the present example is sure to elicit strong bids from advanced collectors specializing in either Southern gold coinage or the Liberty Head eagle series. PCGS# 8623. NGC ID: 263U. Click here for certification details from NGC.