SOLD - $5.00 - 1857-O PCGS EF45 CAC
SOLD - $5.00 - 1857-O PCGS EF45 CAC
Date…….1857-O
Grade…….PCGS EF45 CAC
PCGS Price Guide.….…...2600
Population (PCGS).…...….17/36
Population (NGC).….…..…14/52
Population (CAC)….…….…2/5
Serial Number……8274.45/18638513
PCGS Lookup Number…….8274
SCARCE 1857-O HALF EAGLE, PCGS/CAC EF45
Only 13,000 were made and the 1857-O is a scarce date in all grades. It is numismatically significant as the final No Motto half eagle from the New Orleans mint.
This brassy yellow-gold example has some reddish color at the reverse lettering. It is well defined but has the usual small abrasions on the surfaces; on this piece none are detracting.
Only two PCGS EF45’s have sold at auction since 2011 and neither was approved by CAC. The most recent record was a strong $3,960 for a pleasing piece which sold at Stacks Bowers 8/2020: 1408.
This date is almost never offered for sale and even less often with a CAC sticker!
CAC has approved two in this grade with five finer.
