1857-O Liberty Head Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-50 (NGC).An attractive medium gold example with overall bold striking detail and appreciable remnants of mint luster. Appealing About Uncirculated quality from a mintage of just 5,500 pieces. The 1857-O is regarded as the third rarest New Orleans Mint eagle of the No Motto design type after the 1859-O and 1841-O. Mint State coins may be unknown; the James A. Stack specimen that was auctioned as Uncirculated in 1994 has since been certified AU-58 by NGC. Rare in AU, the present example is sure to elicit strong bids from advanced collectors specializing in either Southern gold coinage or the Liberty Head eagle series.
