1850-O $2.50 MS(PCGS#7758)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

6229

等级

MS61

价格

47,129

详细说明

This is a lovely pre-Civil War era quarter eagle from the Crescent City branch mint. The obverse is well struck by New Orleans Mint standards with overall bold detail to the star centrils and the individual strands of Liberty's hair more or less delineated. The reverse is typically softer, especially at the eagle's talons and the feathers surrounding the shield. The luster is full and lively with appreciable semi-reflectivity in the fields. Attractive with a bright honey-gold appearance, this coin would do justice to an advanced Southern gold cabinet. The 1850-O is a median rarity among New Orleans Mint quarter eagles, both in an absolute sense and in terms of total number of Mint State coins extant. Given the scarcity of this mintmarked series as a whole, this means that the 1850-O is rare, especially in Uncirculated condition, as here. We believe that no more than 15 or 20 Mint State coins have survived from the mintage of 84,000 pieces. This is one of the finest certified and is sure to see spirited bidding.