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Impressive 1855-S Eagle
Low Mintage Issue
$10, 1855-S AU-53 (PCGS). Pleasing medium yellow gold with nearly full original lustre. A very attractive and exciting specimen of this tiny San Francisco mintage of 9,000 pieces. Choice for the grade. Almost all 1855-S eagles seen are well-worn, witnesses to the dearth of circulating specie in the Bay Area during its greatest boom period.
Details
$10, 1855-S AU-53 (PCGS). Pleasing medium yellow gold with nearly full original lustre. A very attractive and exciting specimen of this tiny San Francisco mintage of 9,000 pieces. Choice for the grade. Almost all 1855-S eagles seen are well-worn, witnesses to the dearth of circulating specie in the Bay Area during its greatest boom period.
Walter Breen wrote that he had never seen an AU specimen. Witness such legendary cabinets of the past and their contents: Bell (Stack's, 1944) VF and Eliasberg (Bowers and Ruddy, 1982) EF, and a host of others.
Today, a few AU coins have been accounted for, but none are known in Mint State. As attractive as it is important; one of the highlights of this offering of eagles.
Walter Breen wrote that he had never seen an AU specimen. Witness such legendary cabinets of the past and their contents: Bell (Stack's, 1944) VF and Eliasberg (Bowers and Ruddy, 1982) EF, and a host of others.
Today, a few AU coins have been accounted for, but none are known in Mint State. As attractive as it is important; one of the highlights of this offering of eagles.
Further details
Tied with two others for finest of six examples from the S.S. Central America treasure certified by PCGS. Six obverse dies were sent to San Francisco on November 2, 1854, for this coinage, according to one account. Another account states that 10 obverses and 5 reverses were shipped per another account, the additional dies being sent after November 2, 1854. Most remained unused.