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1856-O $20 PCGS AU-58
Key Date New Orleans Mint Issue
The 1856-O double eagle is the rarest gold coin struck at the New Orleans mint, narrowly eclipsing the 1854-O double eagle. There were a total of 2,250 pieces originally struck of which an estimated 20-30 are known today. PCGS has graded a total of eleven coins including four in [...]
1859-O $20 S.S. Republic NGC AU-58 CAC
From the SS Republic Treasure - CAC Stickered
Given the mintage of only 9100 coins, the 1859-O double eagle has been characterized as the 4th rarest of the New Orleans double eagles.
The 1859-O double eagle is a very scarce issue in all grades. It is most often seen in Very Fine to Extremely Fine grades [...]
1860-O Seated Dollar MS-63
NGC MS-63
In the early 1960s, many bags of silver dollars were “discovered” in U.S. Treasury vaults which had laid dormant since they came off the presses. Virtually all of these were Morgan dollars save for a couple of bags containing 1859-O and 1860-O Seated Dollars.
Prior to this discovery, all mint state dollars were scarce [...]
1861 O Double Eagle MS-60
Highest Graded by PCGS MS-60
With the election of Abraham Lincoln in November of 1860, the talk of secession began in earnest and the prospect of Civil War became ever more apparent. April 12, 1861 brought the first shots on Fort Sumter by the Confederacy and the War Between the States officially began. Despite the [...]
