1843 $10.00 NGC AU55

Doubled date variety. The 1843 eagle, like the quarter eagle of this date, is somewhat of an anomaly. Although 75,000+ were struck, the survival rate is low and it is almost never seen above AU55. In fact, I have only handled two in AU58 and none in Uncirculated in my nearly three decades of specializing in this series. This example is one of the few totally original 1843 eagles that I have seen with attractive deep, even green-gold color with some contrasting highlights. There are scattered marks in the fields with the only one(s) of note located around star ten. There are many undervalued condition rarities in the No Motto eagle series and I feel that nice, higher grade 1843's are among the better values from this decade.
CAC has only approved three 1843 eagles in all grades and none higher than AU50.

1843 $2.50 NGC AU58

Despite the high original mintage figure of this date, it is scarce in higher grades. This lustrous, lightly worn example has rich yellow-gold color and is removed from consideration at a higher grade by the presence of a small obverse line at the right obverse.

1843 $2.50 NGC MS62 CAC

The 1843 is an enigmatic date in the early Liberty Head quarter eagle series. It has a high mintage figure of 100,546 but it is comparable in rarity to dates such as the 1846 and 1847 which were struck in much lower quantities. The 1843 is a very scarce issue in Uncirculated but, like so many of the quarter eagles from the 1840's, it is undervalued. This butter-yellow example is fully struck and shows nice luster. There is an area of friction in the left obverse field that limits the grade but the overall appearance is very nice for an MS62. The last NGC MS62 example to sell at auction was Heritage 2/11: 4331 that brought $3,594; the present example is clearly superior in my opinion.