Lot 1020
1855-S $10 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-40. The new San Francisco Mint was totally focusing on double eagles during 1855, gold was simply pouring into the Mint, and they could scarcely coin it fast enough. It was as easy to coin a double eagle as an eagle or quarter eagle, and double eagles were easier to ship too, which is why the mintage on the 1855-S eagle fell to just 9,000 pieces. Few remain today, and this date is particularly rare in grades above Very Fine, and none have been certified above AU-55 by either NGC or PCGS. This particular specimen has nice surfaces for the grade, and dark orange gold color. It is fairly sharp for the date. PCGS has graded 10 as XF-40, 10 as XF-45, 5 as AU-50, 5 as AU-53 and the best they've seen is a single coin as AU-55. A whole lot of numbers, but they add up to a condition rarity that is seldom found this nice.
Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,800.
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