1851-O $20 MS(PCGS#8905)
1851-O $20 MS (PCGS#8905)
February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2160
- 等级
- AU55
- 价格
- 157,092
- 详细说明
- Inviting olive-gold surfaces are fully original with superior eye appeal in a lightly circulated Southern gold coin from the pre-Civil War era. Striking detail is expectably bold for the issue, and most design elements are actually sharply to fully defined. One of the nicest 1851-O double eagles that we have handled in recent years, especially at the Choice AU level of preservation, this coin is sure to sell for a premium bid. After a modest mintage of 141,000 pieces in 1850, the New Orleans Mint increased double eagle output to 315,000 coins in 1851. Clearly more gold from California reached the Crescent City in the latter year, the 1851-O actually boasting the highest mintage among New Orleans Mint double eagles. Perhaps not surprisingly, this is the most frequently encountered double eagle in numismatic circles. Survivors are scarce in an absolute sense, however, and particularly relative to those of many Philadelphia Mint issues of the era such as the 1851, 1852 and 1853. Fewer than 750 coins are believed extant, most of which are in circulated grades through Choice EF. As a properly graded, premium quality AU-55, this handsome piece would serve as a highlight in an advanced Liberty Head double eagle set or specialized collection of New Orleans Mint coinage.