Lot 1827
1854-O. NGC graded MS-61. Large Date. A rare issue, with perhaps just one graded nicer--a sole MS63 at PCGS and another MS63 at NGC (one might suspect they are the same coin). While this specimen does have a number of abrasions, which distract from the pleasure given by its luster, it remains a truly beautiful coin! Overall the strike is "okay": some weak areas, as just about always seen on New Orleans pre-Civil War gold, but also some spots like the stars and the eagle's talons, that are well done. Best of all, however, and overriding this cataloguer's objections to the abrasions, is this piece's lovely, lovely color. It glows with that luscious old-gold orange toning that means the coin has sat unfussed-with for many years. So it should be worth a good, solid bid--especially if you are intrigued by the coinage issues of this quiet period of plantations and grand landowners and frilly ladies in the Old South.
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