This is a pleasing Choice EF example of this first year Charlotte Mint issue. Well struck apart from isolated softness in the centers, both sides retain plenty of bolder definition to most design elements. Subtle pale rose highlights are confined to the peripheries, the overall appearance being one of warmer antique gold patina. A shallow Mint-made depression in the center of the obverse before Libertys ear is noted -- not unusual for an issue that was produced under rustic conditions and, consequently, is often associated with appreciable planchet defects. As the first Charlotte Mint quarter eagle, the 1838-C holds tremendous appeal for Southern gold specialists as well as more generalized gold collectors. Also one of only two C-Mint issues of the Classic Head type and is more elusive in all grades than the 1839-C. We anticipate keen bidder interest in the present offering.,PCGS# 7697. NGC ID: 25FZ.,,
