So...You've Decided to Collect Liberty Head Double Eagles...
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So...What's the Third Rarest No Motto New Orleans Eagle in High Grades?
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It’s pretty obvious that the two rarest No Motto New Orleans eagles in higher grades are the 1841-O and the 1859-O, but there’s a lot of competition for the number three (and four) spots…
Read MoreJust How Rare Are Gem No Motto Liberty Head Eagles?
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There is no such thing as a “common date” No Motto eagle in MS63 or MS64, and in properly graded MS65 and higher this type is exceedingly rare.
Read MoreThe Appearance Rarity of No Motto New Orleans Eagles
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It is my contention that CAC has now seen enough coins that we can make important observations about how rare (or not rare) a specific issue is in regards to its appearance…
Read MoreThe Appearance Rarity of Liberty Head Quarter Eagles: How CAC Populations Help Determine Which Dates Are Rare
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After more than a decade of viewing coins, the numbers which CAC has approved are now a significant sample size. In the case of Liberty Head quarter eagles, I believe that any issue with fewer than eight pieces approved show true appearance rarity.
Read MoreGold Coin Rarity: What We Can Learn From the Hansen Collection
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The once-in-a-generation US coin collection being assembled by Dell Loy Hansen and David Lawrence Rare Coins gives students of rarity an unusual opportunity to determine the condition rarity of many issues.
Read MoreHow Rare are Non-Shipwreck Gem Type One Double Eagles?
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In the recent Stacks Bowers 2016 ANA Sale, I was fortunate to purchase an amazing 1860 double eagle, graded MS65 by PCGS, which was part of the Bull Run Collection and earlier was sold as Lot 900 in the famous October 1982 Eliasberg Collection auction.
After I bought this coin, I told another dealer that the Eliasberg 1860 “was the finest non-shipwreck Type One double eagle I had ever owned.” This got me to thinking: just how rare are non-shipwreck MS65 and finer double eagles of this type?
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Civil War Eagles: A Rarity Study with Condition Census Information
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This is the first of potentially many articles which focus on rarity and Condition Census information in the Liberty Head eagle series. The first sub-group I’m going to focus on is the 11 Civil War issues. These coins are, with one exception, rare in all grades and a number of them are either unknown or excessively rare in Uncirculated.
Read MoreWhat are Coins with Character?
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