Evenly toned olive-gold surfaces. The strike is somewhat soft overall, as typical of issue, but wear is minimal enough to allow appreciation of some bolder detail in the recesses of the central devices. The general appearance is quite smooth for a lightly circulated New Orleans Mint eagle from the 1840s. The mintage of this issue is 35,850 pieces, and with fewer than 200 coins believed extant, the 1848-O is obviously scarce when viewed in the wider context of the Liberty eagle series. It is, however, one of the more frequently encountered New Orleans Mint issues of its decade, usually seen in the VF-20 to EF-40 range. This is an appealing coin for the grade that would do nicely in an advanced collection of Liberty eagles or Southern gold.,,PCGS# 8600. NGC ID: 2634.,,
