1897-O $10 MS(PCGS#8738)

1897-O $10 MS (PCGS#8738)

The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale

详细说明: 1897-O Liberty Eagle. Winter Variety One, the only known dies. MS-64 (PCGS). Current totals on the <em>PCGS Population Report </em>notwithstanding, we can account for only four or five examples of the 1897-O Eagle that have received an MS-64 grade from that service. All of those coins are tied for Condition Census #4 for this conditionally rare issue. A gorgeous near-Gem that ranks among the finest survivors ever to cross this cataloger's desk, this piece is brightly lustrous with a softly frosted, rose-orange sheen to both sides. The major design elements are crisply delineated from a sharp strike, and the surfaces are so smooth as to make even pedigree markers difficult to come by. Even so, we do note a trio of tiny ticks in the obverse field before Liberty's chin that should serve well for identification purposes. A beautiful coin that is sure to sell for a strong bid.<br />     The 1897-O has an original mintage of just 42,500 pieces, and it is among the scarcer Motto Liberty Eagles from the New Orleans Mint. It is rarer in all grades than the 1894-O, 1895-O, 1901-O and 1906-O, among other issues, and is hardly ever offered above the BU grade level.