1846-O $2.50 MS (PCGS#7743)
The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale
- Auctioneer
- Bowers & Merena
- Lot Number
- 1487
- Grade
- MS62
- Price
- 6,613
- Lot Description
- 1846-O Liberty Quarter Eagle. Winter Variety One. MS-62 (PCGS). Warm, even, medium-orange patina blankets both sides and accents a satiny texture to the surfaces. We see very few abrasions in a BU survivor of this issue, and certainly none that are worthy of singular concern. An otherwise sharp strike softens noticeably in isolated areas near the centers, as typically seen for the issue. Easily the nicest-looking 1846-O Quarter Eagle that this cataloger has seen in recent memory.<br /> This issue has a limited mintage of just 62,000 pieces, and Doug Winter (2006) accounts for only 150-175 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-62 we are offering here is very rare from a condition standpoint and numbers among the finest-known examples.
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