Grade Revealed: 1859-O Seated Liberty Dollar (PCGS MS-61) -- New Purchase

Stuart · January 28, 2007 3:43AM

Here's one of my new purchases from this weekend's Houston Money Show of the SW, a very beautifully brown 2-sided toned 1859-O Seated Liberty Dollar with strong strike, dripping cartwheel luster and lovely original skin.

I will try to take some better photos of her within the next day or two. How do you like her?? I will refrain from posting the grade at this time, because this coin may be the subject of an upcoming Guess the Grade thread.

1859-O PCGS MS-61 Seated Liberty Dollar

itsnotjustme · January 28, 2007 4:09AM

Beautiful coin!

I will guess 62 due to the high number of hits/ticks/abrasions in the fields.

Editted to add: Any coin posted without grade is already a guess the grade thread!

123cents · January 28, 2007 4:14AM

Beautifully toned Seated Dollar Stuart. Congratulations on your find.

JJM · January 28, 2007 4:18AM

Really Nice Dude

mgoodm3 · January 28, 2007 4:19AM

Nice 58?

Stuart · January 28, 2007 7:14AM

Thanks for all of the kind comments about my new 1859-O Seated Liberty Dollar.

tradedollarnut · January 28, 2007 7:17AM

Love them seateds! I'd say 61/62.

Gemini · January 28, 2007 9:04AM

Very nice coin Stuart...a 62 I'd say.

roadrunner · January 28, 2007 9:42AM

I'd say the obverse merits a 63 grade and the reverse a tad less.
Seeing this in a 63 holder would not surprise me. But accounting for the Stuart factor I'd be with TDN as a 61/62 coin. And no question this is mint state. Too many low end MS slabbed coins don't have full luster like this one

My guess: MS62

roadrunner

SkyMan · January 28, 2007 11:07AM

Sweet looking coin!

Before scrolling down my gut reaction was 62. It's always nice to see that the majority of other people on this thread think the same.

speety · January 28, 2007 12:31PM

Very nice!

claychaser · January 28, 2007 1:27PM

NumisOxide · January 28, 2007 2:01PM

MS61

One heck of a coin Stuart.

GoldenEyeNumismatics · January 28, 2007 9:21PM

certainly a keeper.

I'm stuck between 61 and 62 but am leaning towards 62

Longacre · January 29, 2007 12:01AM

Very nice. I would say AU58.

shirohniichan · January 29, 2007 2:20AM

I like your coin a lot.

It's funny how the high survival rate initially turned me off to '59-O and '60-O dollars. I was looking for a '73 for a type set, and I came across so many of the two New Orleans dollars that I got tired of them. Now that I have my '73 I find the New Orleans dollars as cool anomalies that shouldn't have survived in large numbers. Were it not for bags of them being stored in the Treasury vaults for all those years, they'd probably be fairly scarce with a premium far above Philly issues.

It's cool that such an unusual coin (a seated dollar from a branch mint) can still be had at a reasonable price. Nice addition!

goose3 · January 29, 2007 2:31AM

That 2-sided toned 1859-O Seated Liberty Dollar with strong strike, dripping cartwheel luster and lovely original skin sure has a nice look to it.

I'm going to say MS60.

rec78 · January 30, 2007 2:01PM

Yea I like it. MS62

Elcontador · January 30, 2007 4:30PM

This is about the the best detailed 59 O $s I've seen re Miss Liberty's head. Usually the head is flat and missing detail. The eye appeal looks good as well.

This coin IMO is a 2 all day long. It has too many hits in the open field above the eagle and its right wing on the reverse for an MS 63. For some reason, it also has a number of them between the eagle's lt. wing & AMERICA as well. A number of hits above the eagle is typical for the 59 O & 60 O.

There's only one big hit on the obverse, near Miss Liberty's rt. arm. The combination of this, the above, plus light chatter in the open field on her lt. side suggest to me that this was one of the bank hoard coins.

This being said, I have seen a few low end 3s look more baggy than this coin.