1847-0 AU-58 (NGC). Warm yellow gold with olive highlights. Generous amounts of lustre remain on the lightly circulated surfaces. Some faint marks are also present, none of them deep or visually overpowering. From a mintage ofjust 12,000 pieces, and much rarer than even that low mintage indicates. Indeed, gold specialist David Akers once commented “when one is offered, it is invariably VF or EF at best.” Walter Breen noted that this date is “prohibitively rare above EF,” and Doug Winter agreed that “About Uncirculated examples are excessively rare.” Just two examples have been deemed of AU-58 quality by NGC, with another specimen called marginally finer at MS-61. Above that, a great void exists, as NGC has not certified a finer example than the just-mentioned MS-61 coin. A noted “sleeper” that is remarkable for both quality and absolute rarity.
NGC Census; 2; 1 finer (MS-61).
PCGS #8235