1852-O Liberty Head Double Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. EF-45 (PCGS).Well defined overall for a lightly circulated, early date New Orleans Mint double eagle, this endearing Choice EF also offers appealing color in warm honey-olive. Although the 1852-O has a relatively substantial mintage figure of 190,000 pieces, only around one half of one percent survive in all grades. Even so, this is a comparatively available issue for specialists of this Southern mint to locate. As with most other double eagles of the 1850s, this issue saw heavy use in everyday trade, making it a notable rarity at the AU level of preservation and above. Always in significant demand by New Orleans Mint specialists as well as double eagle enthusiasts, a delightful specimen such as this that shows only modest traces of its commercial use is always in demand.