1860-O $20 MS(PCGS#8930)

1860-O $20 MS (PCGS#8930)

The June 2010 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行: Bowers & Merena

批号: 3846

等级: AU55

价格: 314,138

详细说明: 1861-O Liberty Double Eagle. Winter Variety One, the only known dies. AU-55 (NGC). The 1861-O, while not the rarest New Orleans Mint Double Eagle, is one of the most eagerly sought by Southern gold specialists. With just 17,741 pieces produced and fewer than 175 coins believed extant, of course, the 1861-O is certainly a very scarce issue in an absolute sense. It ranks seventh in both overall and high-grade rarity among the 13 New Orleans Mint Double Eagle issues, surpassing the 1850-O, 1851-O, 1852-O, 1853-O, 1857-O and 1858-O. The scarcity and noteworthy ranking of this issue notwithstanding, what makes the 1861-O such a popular Double Eagle with specialists is its association with the Confederate States of America. After rebel forces seized the New Orleans Mint early in 1861, the staff there took an oath to their new government and continued to strike coins for a short period of time. Among these is a limited number of 1861-O Liberty Double Eagles for both the State of Louisiana and the Confederate States of America. While there is no way to positively attribute a particular example to the United States, State of Louisiana or Confederate States, most researchers accept the mintage breakdown provided by Doug Winter in the 2006 book Gold Coins of the New Orleans Mint: 1839-1909: United States: 5,000 of 17,741 pieces, struck January 1-26, 1861 State of Louisiana: 9,750 of 17,741 pieces, struck January 26-March 31, 1861 Confederate States: 2,991 of 17,741 pieces, struck April 1-30, 1861 Inasmuch as they form the majority of survivors and lack a prominent obverse die crack from the rim outside star 2 to Liberty's chin, those coins that display noticeably soft definition to several of the digits in the date are tentatively assigned to the United States and/or the State of Louisiana. The coin we offer here is softly defined over the lower portio

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