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Categories • Stack's March 2005 → The Morrison Family and Lawrence C. Licht Collections → U. S. Eagles ($10.00 Gold) → U. S. Liberty Head Eagles |
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Lot # |
Description |
Grade |
Hammer Price |
1794 |
1841
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EF |
$375.00 |
Extremely Fine. Light yellow gold surfaces show a sparkle of surviving lustre. Gently cleaned at one time, only one example of this grade appeared among the 33 listed in the 10-year Dannreuther-Garrett auction record. |
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1795 |
1841'O'
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EF |
$3,500.00 |
Extremely Fine or better. Charming, green-gold surfaces define this wonderful specimen of this first New Orleans issued Liberty Head Eagle. A glass reveals hints of glowing mint frost surrounding the stars and devices, and the fields are remarkably free of the often disfiguring bagmarks that plague this rare issue. A single severe surface mark fortunately remains well hidden at Miss Liberty's... more |
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1796 |
1842'O'
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EF |
$325.00 |
Extremely Fine. Wear appropriate to this relatively high grade is accompanied by a few scattered bagmarks of no particular visual importance. Here is an interesting early New Orleans Liberty date. |
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1797 |
1843'O'
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F to VF |
$260.00 |
Fine to Very Fine. Trouble-free circulation suggests an intense circulating life for this elusive Branch Mint date. Faint red-gold adds to this coin's visual appeal. |
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1798 |
1847'O'
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AU |
$400.00 |
About Uncirculated. A bold strike is evident in the sharply defined stars, legends and devices, particularly on the reverse. Bright fields enrich this lightly circulated New Orleans coin. |
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1799 |
1849 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$7,000.00 |
- bordering on a Choice designation. Here is a very high quality survivor of this magical Gold Rush year. Cartwheel lustre is quite flashy and borders on a prooflike quality on this brilliant yellow-gold specimen. Strike is a bit flat at Miss Liberty's finer points and on the stars, but the overall bold appearance makes this an ideal specimen of the No Motto type. |
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1800 |
1850 Large Date
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CH AU |
$1,100.00 |
Choice About Uncirculated. Pleasing mint lustre of a flashy quality joins this specimen's even, pale golden toning and well struck devices. Here is a lightly circulated No Motto type ideally suited for an expanded U.S. Gold Type Set. |
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1801 |
1850 Small Date
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VF to EF |
$600.00 |
Very Fine to Extremely Fine. High date shows a nearly closed '5'. Some lustre circles the reliefs, wear is free of special problems, light golden surfaces offer their own beauty. The Small Date variety is very scarce. |
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1802 |
1852 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$3,000.00 |
This pale yellow-gold specimen was impressed with a needle sharp strike. Pleasing frosty mint lustre clings to the design elements of this remarkable example. Although not a rare date, any Mint State No Motto Eagle is quite scarce. |
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1803 |
1852
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AB EF |
$220.00 |
About Extremely Fine. A second. Greenish-gold fields are joined by glowing rose-orange lustre at the edges of the devices and legends. |
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1804 |
1852
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CH VF |
$210.00 |
Choice Very Fine. A third. Red-gold outlines and accentuates the reliefs and devices, creating an interesting visual suggestion of higher grade. |
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1805 |
1853/2
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CH AU |
$2,400.00 |
Choice About Uncirculated. This date shows the loop and part of the base of a '2' in and under the '3'. This desirable, high grade overdate is characterized by light circulation and ample lustre highlighting the bold quality of this specimen. |
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1806 |
1854'O' Small Date
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CH AU |
$3,200.00 |
Choice About Uncirculated. '5 4' are separated in this well-positioned date, distant from the truncation. A forceful strike is highlighted by lustre around the bold reliefs, the color is bright and thoroughly pleasing. |
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1807 |
1854'S'
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CH EF |
$375.00 |
Choice Extremely Fine. Here is a very acceptable example of the first San Francisco date, bearing some lustre around the reliefs and generally moderate circulation. |
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1808 |
1855 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$14,000.00 |
- and essentially in the Choice category. Magnificent full canary-yellow lustre glorifies an exacting strike. The obverse bears one or two light marks of the most insignificant nature which alone keep this gleaming piece from a higher grade. |
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1809 |
1856'O'
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CH AU |
$6,000.00 |
Choice About Uncirculated. Here is a fully lustrous specimen boasting semi-prooflike flash at the edges of the devices and legends. The central strike is a trifle above average for this notoriously ill-defined issue, the reverse exhibiting the characteristically bolder strike than the obverse. Rich, green-gold toning with hints of orange define this very attractive survivor of just 15,000... more |
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1810 |
1857
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CH EF |
$750.00 |
Choice Extremely Fine. Amber-gold lustre haloes the stars and devices on this rich wheat gold toned specimen. |
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1811 |
1857'O'
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CH EF |
$5,000.00 |
Choice Extremely Fine, bordering on an About Uncirculated grade. Semi-prooflike lustre abounds on this gently circulated coin featuring abundant copper highlights around the stars and in the crevices of the devices. Central design motifs and peripheral legends are well-defined on this popular New Orleans mint rarity. Here is a highly eye-appealing survivor of just 5,500 struck of this date. |
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1812 |
1860
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EF |
$700.00 |
Extremely Fine. Limited and trouble-free wear as well as enough lustre to highlight the bold devices give this coin its sure appeal. Just 15,055 business strikes were produced of this issue. |
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1813 |
1861
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EF |
$500.00 |
Extremely Fine. Reliefs show the faintest hint of red-gold, standing out from partly lustrous fields with a few minute marks. |
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1814 |
1861, 1878
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EF to AU |
$650.00 |
Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated in terms of wear. Surfaces exhibit gentle mint frost despite a light past cleaning on this pairing. 2 pieces. |
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1815 |
1864
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EF |
$5,000.00 |
Extremely Fine, or a bit bitter. Smooth, orange-gold toning dominates this specimen featuring coppery mint frost in the most protected areas of the devices and legends. Very well struck and a highly pleasing survivor of just 3,530 business strikes produced in this Civil War year. This Philadelphia mint issue is notoriously rare, with only about two dozen auction appearances in the last... more |
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1816 |
1865/981'S' Normal Date over Inverted Date. Breen 6948
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SP |
$1,500.00 |
A lovely, perfect Fine specimen of this most amazing repunched date variety. Upon first try, the die preparer punched the date logotype upside down into the die. Upon realizing his mistake, he punched in the date correctly but did not do a very thorough job of effacing his initial mistake, leaving this amazing die variety for future generations of collectors to enjoy. Glowing copper-orange... more |
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1817 |
1866'S' No Motto
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EF |
$2,500.00 |
Extremely Fine. Deep coppery-gold toning highlights the crisp devices on this attractive example of a scarce and desirable San Francisco date. This No Motto issue is measurably scarcer than the succeeding With Motto type and this coin will repay close study. A mere 8,500 pieces of the No Motto type of 1866'S' were coined. |
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1818 |
1875 Very Choice Brilliant Proof
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VERY CH BR PF |
$190,000.00 |
A powerful reflective gleam distinguishes this coin's glass-smooth fields. Devices stand out with lightly frosted beauty. Here is a spectacularly rare date boasting only 20 Proofs and 100 business strikes. Breen traced only 7 examples in his Proof Encyclopedia, but did not know of this piece and its companions that were long in residence as part of the historic Byron Reed Collection... more |
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1819 |
1880
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CH AU |
$220.00 |
Choice About Uncirculated. Plentiful lustre and a few very minor marks define this pleasing example. |
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1820 |
1881
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CH AU |
$210.00 |
Choice About Uncirculated. Lustre is full and boldly appealing on this virtually Mint State example of the later Liberty dates. |
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1821 |
1881
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CH AU |
$220.00 |
Choice About Uncirculated. A second richly lustrous near Mint State example boasting well balanced surfaces and especially reflective fields. |
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1822 |
1881, 1886'S'
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AU |
$400.00 |
About Uncirculated. The first is copper-gold, the second is yellow-gold and decidedly more lustrous. 2 pieces. |
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1823 |
1881'CC' Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$6,500.00 |
- perhaps a bit finer. Frosty surfaces exude a greenish-gold patina. Some scattered bagmarks including a nick on the cheek. Well struck with good lustre. Scarce, as only 24,015 pieces struck. A decent example of this early Carson City Mint product. |
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