1854 Liberty Head Double Eagle. Large Date. AU-53 (PCGS). CAC.With pale flint gray overtones to dominant honey-gold patina, this is a wholly original coin in an early date Type I double eagle. Boldly defined throughout with plenty of luster remaining to pleasingly smooth surfaces.<p>Circulation strike double eagle production at the Philadelphia Mint amounted to 757,899 coins in 1854, a total that was split between Small Date and Large Date varieties. The latter is by far the rarer date style of the issue, and it likely amounts to no more than 10% of the coins extant. According to Q. David Bowers (2004) only three to five Mint State examples are known, and he describes the 1854 Large Date as "by [far] the rarest Philadelphia Mint double eagle minted up to this point in time." The Mint also used the Large Date logotype of this variety in production of 1854 Liberty Seated silver dollars.PCGS Population: 13; 35 finer, just six of which are Mint State (MS-64 finest).From the Fairmont Collection.
