1850-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. EF-45 (PCGS).An attractive piece with a tinge of olive on dominant medium gold patina. Minimal wear allows ready appreciation of the bold strike for which this issue is known. We also note faint remnants of original luster hugging some of the devices. The ever-popular 1850-O is the first double eagle struck in the New Orleans Mint. With much of the bullion mined in California being sent to the major economic centers in the Northeast of the United States, production at the Louisiana facility was limited to just 141,000 pieces that year. Survivors are rarer than the 1851-O and 1852-O double eagles and are particularly challenging to locate above the present grade level.From the Paisley Acres Collection.
