1877-S Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-62+ (PCGS). CAC. This is an outstanding double eagle irrespective of type or issue. Both sides are fully struck and bathed in frosty rose-orange luster. Exceptionally smooth for this conditionally challenging issue, and worthy of a premium bid, as such. The 1877-S double eagle registered a mintage of 1,735,000 pieces, down some 138,000 coins from the previous year. Some portion of the mintage made it into overseas banking transactions, a familiar scenario -- and a blessing to later generations of numismatists. Thanks to repatriations from foreign bank hoards, in fact, our estimate for Mint State survivors is a rather generous 1,500 to 2,500 coins. Most of these, however, hover around the MS-60 and MS-61 grade levels. As a solidly graded and upper end MS-62+, this nearly Choice offering from the Fairmont Collections JBR Set represents the finest realistically obtainable for the issue as far as most of todays double eagle specialists are concerned. PCGS# 8984. NGC ID: 26B2. PCGS Population: 19; 38 finer (MS-65+ finest). From the Fairmont Collection - JBR Set.
