1881 Liberty Head Eagle. MS-62 (PCGS).This is a beautiful BU example with intense mint frost and pretty rose-gold patina throughout. With a generous mintage of 3,877,220 circulation strikes, the 1881 was produced in greater numbers than any other Liberty Head eagle. It also boasts the second highest mintage of any ten-dollar gold issue from 1795 to 1933 (only the 1932 Indian has a higher mintage of 4,463,000 circulation strikes). Thousands of examples were exported and subsequently repatriated from European bank hoards, accounting for the majority of Mint State coins in todays market. This attractively original MS-62 would do particularly well in an Uncirculated type set.From the Fairmont Collection.
