1854-O $3 MS(PCGS#7971)

June 2023 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3348

等级

AU53

价格

46,611

详细说明

1854-O Three-Dollar Gold Piece. Winter-1. AU-53 (PCGS). Handsome medium gold surfaces with glints of reddish-rose iridescence and deep olive color evident as the coin rotates under a light. The strike is uncommonly sharp for this challenging issue, both sides minimally circulated with appreciable frosty luster remaining. Alone among New Orleans Mint issues in the three-dollar gold series, the 1854-O was produced to the extent of 24,000 pieces. This is a generous total for the type, but attrition through circulation was high and of the 1,000 or so coins believed extant most grade EF or lower. This is a noteworthy AU whose significance is further enhanced by the extreme rarity of true Mint State survivors. Only a single die variety is known for this issue, but survivors come in two die states. Early die state examples, as here, are characterized by full detail to the ribbon at the base of the wreath. Doug Winter (2020) describes this die state as "scarce." PCGS# 7971. NGC ID: 25M5. Click here for certification details from PCGS.