1840-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU Details--Improperly Cleaned (NGC). Sharply defined overall with warm honey-gold retoning to lightly hairlined, somewhat glossy-textured surfaces. A lack of sizeable or otherwise singularly distracting marks is another strong suit for this more affordable C-Mint quarter eagle. This early date Southern gold issue was coined in limited numbers of 12,822 pieces, and of those known today the general grade level is considerably lower than offered here. This is also the first year of the Liberty Head design type for the quarter eagle.
