Since the First San Francisco Mint concentrated on double eagle production, the 1859-S ten-dollar mintage was only 7,000 pieces. None were given numismatic consideration, and PCGS estimates only “40 to 60 known,” comparable with the 1870-CC. The median grade is XF, and only a single example (an MS60 NGC coin) has been certified as Mint State. The NGC population is just 6 with 13 graded higher. Listed at $19,200 in the CDN CPG and $19,000 in the NGC price guide.
Offered at $14,700
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Gold deposits at the New Orleans Mint went into a steep decline after the San Francisco Mint opened for coinage operations in 1854. Accordingly, the famous Southern facility produced only limited numbers of double eagles every year throughout the remainder of the decade. In 1858, the mintage was just 35,250 pieces, certainly a modest production in absolute terms, but actually quite generous in the context of the series. The coins were released into commercial channels and circulated widely in both foreign and domestic trade.
Few 19th century collectors could afford to set aside long date runs of twenty-dollar coins for their collections, and the wealthy collectors who did collect double eagles systematically preferred to update their holdings by purchasing proofs from the Philadelphia Mint every year. There was little numismatic interest in branch mint issues before Augustus Heaton published his landmark treatise on mintmarks in 1893, so New Orleans Mint issues were almost completely neglected. By the time collecting double eagles became popular, in the late 1930s, the 1858-O double eagles had been circulating for decades, suffering much wear and attrition along the way. Doug Winter estimates the surviving population at 225-275 examples in all grades, with only 6-7 specimens in Mint State. Three of the Mint State coins were recovered from the wreck of the S.S. Republic.
This example displays glittering luster at the protected areas on each side.
The PCGS population is 17 with 66 graded higher. Listed at $24,000 in the CDN CPG and $30,000 in the PCGS price guide.
Offered at $24,500
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A low-mintage issue with a production of only 43,517 coins, the 1859 double eagle is a scarce issue that emerges as an important condition rarity in Mint State grades. Only 13 pieces are NGC and PCGS-graded MS60 or finer, and none have been examined at either grading service above MS62 (3/23). The 1859 has the lowest combined NGC and PCGS Mint State population of any Type One double eagle from the Philadelphia Mint aside from the 1861 Paquet rarity, and it boasts the 12th lowest Mint State population of all Type One double eagles. This lustrous orange-gold example shows grade-limiting marks but features a solid strike and excellent eye appeal. Rarely did an important collection from generations ago have a Mint State example of the 1859 double eagle. The NGC population is a mere 4 with 1 (MS62 example) graded higher.
Listed at $50,400 in the CDN CPG and $42,500 in the NGC price guide.
Offered at $43,600
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The 1877 Seated Liberty quarter comes from a high mintage of more than 10.9 million coins and is generally plentiful through MS65, with finer pieces being only moderately scarce through MS67. However, this MS68 color-free blazer of a coin is a condition rarity. It represents the finest grade achieved at either certification service and is one of only 13 coins this fine at NGC and PCGS combined. The NGC population is 9 with none graded higher.
Listed at $18,000 in the CDN CPG and $16,000 in the NGC price guide.
Offered at $12,600
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This, the FS-101, is the more desirable of the two major 1873 cent doubled die varieties. It is readily identifiable by bold obverse doubling on the letters in LIBERTY, Liberty’s eye and profile, and the feather stems. This variety was first reported in 1957, and, while examples have been discovered since, less than 20 examples (per Rick Snow) are known in Mint State. The NGC population is just 7 with none graded higher.
Unlisted in the NGC price guide, but listed at $16,100 in the PCGS price guide.
Offered at $13,100
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