1853-O $20 MS(PCGS#8910)

1853-O $20 MS (PCGS#8910)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

详细说明: Offered is a desirable coin for advanced double eagle or New Orleans Mint enthusiasts, as relatively few 1853-O $20s survive from the mintage of 71,000 pieces, and very few grade finer than Choice EF. This is a fully About Uncirculated example with vivid olive-orange surfaces that retain plenty of lively mint frost. The strike is impressively sharp throughout the design, the surfaces displaying light hairlines, yet no sizeable or otherwise singularly distracting marks. Virtually all known surviving 1853-O double eagles show some degree of circulation, and finding an example in such a high technical grade as AU-50 usually requires considerable patience and much persistence. Definitely a find, the present 1853-O is in a grade high enough to attract an advanced specialist, yet it is much less expensive than a Mint State coin would be, if indeed you could find a nice one.<p>New Orleans Mint double eagles were important in the trade of their day - by steamboat up the Mississippi River connecting to inland cities and towns, and by sea to foreign countries. It is little wonder, then, that issues such as the 1853-O saw intense use, and suffered a high rate of attrition.