Lot 1690
Splendid 1857-D Quarter Eagle! NGC graded MS-62. Wow! Here's true beauty! Quite a few of America's early branch-mint gold pieces seem to have survived (albeit in tiny numbers for most issues) in or close to Mint State, but the vast majority of them, let's be truthful, leave a lot to be desired. Once in a while, though, a coin of great beauty shows up. And that's what we have here. Indeed, we have it in spades. This example is boldly struck everywhere, is bright with mint luster, and has just a fantastic eye-appeal which it owes in no small measure to the high rims which make for a deepset broach-like appearance. And then there is the lovely, lovely color--a deep orange gold that has not been disturbed for decades and decades. PCGS has graded none this high. NGC has seen 2, and none better. One wonders if NGC's two coins may be the same one, for this specimen is so lovely it just doesn't seem fair to confine it to the MS62 level. It is indeed, in every way, a Choice BU quarter eagle! The fact that it was made at Dahlonega shortly before the Civil War makes its survival all the more remarkable.
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