1861 $1 MS(PCGS#6951)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1097

等级

MS65

价格

212,355

详细说明

Gem 1861 Silver Dollar Rarity None Graded Finer by NGC 1861 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. OC-2. Rarity-3+. MS-65 (NGC). Offered is an exceptionally well preserved, Condition Census example of a circulation strike silver dollar issue that can be highly elusive even in worn condition. Brilliant surfaces are lustrous and satiny with strong eye appeal. Fully struck, visually appealing, and sure to appeal to advanced collectors of Liberty Seated coinage or silver dollars. Much of the silver deposited at the Philadelphia Mint for dollar coinage in 1861 came from Nevada's rich Comstock Lode. Beginning in 1859, much of this metal found its way to California, where it flooded the market before being shipped East. In 1859, 1860 and 1861 U.S. merchants exported 1,250,000 silver dollars to China, where the coins were received at bullion value -- although they were less popular than the slightly heavier Spanish-American dollars. Most of the 77,500 circulation strike dollars coined in 1861 were lost to future generations of numismatists in this manner, and Mint State survivors are particularly elusive. In Gem Mint State this issue is a landmark condition rarity, with Q. David Bowers providing for only four to six examples grading MS-65 or finer in his 2016 Guide Book of Liberty Seated Silver Coins, published by Whitman. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. NGC Census: 3; 0 finer at this service. PCGS# 6951. NGC ID: 24Z4. Click here for certification details from NGC.