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Grade Revealed: 1859-O Seated Liberty Dollar (PCGS MS-61) -- New Purchase
Stuart
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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
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
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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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!
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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
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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.
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One heck of a coin Stuart.
I'm stuck between 61 and 62 but am leaning towards 62
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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!
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I'm going to say MS60.
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.
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Thanks for sharing.
when are you going to post a grade.
That's a real beauty!
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"