1861-S Liberty Head Eagle. VF-30 (PCGS). CAC.Lovely honey-gold surfaces are fully original in preservation with all major design elements bold. Unlike in the East and Midwest, where gold coins were withdrawn from active commercial use early in the Civil War, such pieces continued to circulate extensively on the West Coast throughout that conflict. Such circulation claimed most of the 15,500 eagles struck in the San Francisco Mint during 1861, thereby explaining the scarcity of the 1861-S in numismatic circles.From the Fairmont Collection.
