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***Auction Highlight*** 1860-o Variety 1 Gold Liberty Eagle 10 Graded Choice AU/BU Slider+ By USCG (

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:3,750.00 USD and UP
***Auction Highlight*** 1860-o Variety 1 Gold Liberty Eagle 10 Graded Choice AU/BU Slider+ By USCG (
***Auction Highlight*** 1860-o Variety 1 Gold Liberty Eagle 10 Graded Choice AU/BU Slider+ By USCG. 0 Highlight of the Entire Auction – Up for Auction is a Numismatic Rarity. An very near Uncirculated 1860-o, one of the final coins struck in the New Orleans Mint, while still under US authority. This example is the Variety 1, which displays bold neck curls compared to Variety 2 and clash marks within the vertical shield stripes on the reverse, from the opening of Liberty's ear. The New Orleans Mint struck 11,100 eagles in 1860, a year in which the Southern factory focused largely on silver half dimes, quarters, half dollars, and silver dollars. Garrett and Guth in their second-edition Gold Encyclopedia call the 1860-O eagles "definitely an underrated sleeper" in the series, and Mint State examples "exceedingly rare." PCGS reports five submissions from MS60 to MS62, while NGC data show seven graded from MS60 to one MS63 (these are almost certainly not all different coins, however). The present piece shows the look of a higher grade to our eyes, attractive reddish-orange surfaces with a good strike in the central reverse but some weakness around the obverse peripheral stars, and scattered ticks and small scrapes of little import. A quite nice example of this historic Southern gold issue. It holds the lone 6th finest example known position. Trends are au58 $10,500 and ms60 $18,500. I wish you good luck in obtaining this rare Civil War New Orleans Mint Gold Liberty.