 1854 Large Date. A very pleasing About Uncirculated. Some lustre remains in the protected areas and the surfaces are much nicer than normally encountered for a Double Eagle of this period. There is a minor nick on Liberty's jaw, close to her neck. The date is widely repunched with what appears to be a fragment from the top of the '4' appearing close to the curl and well above the '54', and there is a raised die lump and die file marks on Liberty's neck near the base left of her curl. The Large Date punch was intended for Silver Dollars, but was also employed on this obverse die for Coronet Double Eagles. The Large Date variation is a tough coin to find in any grade and apparently represents less than ten percent of those coined for the year.
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