1854 $10 MS(PCGS#8613)

Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

7218

等级

MS62

价格

122,884

详细说明

Very Rare Mint State 1854 Eagle 1854 Liberty Head Eagle. MS-62 (PCGS). CAC. Both sides of this delightful 1854 Liberty Head eagle display a lovely blend of soft frosty luster and vivid golden-rose color. Boldly defined overall and very attractive at the assigned grade level. Even at an early date the 1854 eagle was regarded as scarce. An example is provided by lot 1265 in the Dr. James R. Chilton Collection sold by Bangs, Merwin, & Company in March of 1865: "1854 Good and scarce. Dickeson, page 172." The Dickeson reference is to the American Numismatic Manual, the most impressive work on American rare coins produced up to that point in time. In the years to follow, 1854 eagles appeared at auction now and then, never with frequency, as large denomination circulation strikes were not particularly popular with early numismatists. Among those that were offered, nearly all were in lower circulated grades, generally what we would classify as VF or EF by today's standards. Exceptions are few and far between, one being lot 126 in the J.C. Morgenthau & Company sale of June 1940, simply described as "1854 Uncirculated." Fast forward to August 1980 when David W. Akers described lot 953 in Paramount's session of Auction '80, a coin listed as MS-63, with the comment, still appropriate today: "...the 1854 is actually extremely rare in this grade. Only 54,250 were minted, we doubt if more than six to eight Mint State examples exist." This is certainly one of the very few Uncirculated survivors that we have ever had the privilege to present at auction, and it is a coin that is sure to see spirited bidding among astute collectors. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection - CBL Set. PCGS Population: 8; 5 finer (MS-64 finest). CAC Population: 9 in all Mint State grades. PCGS# 8613. NGC ID: 263G. Click here for certification details from PCGS.