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Lot:5026 1839-O Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-2, Winter-2. Rarity-4. Low Date, Close Fraction--Medallic Alig

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SBP2022年8月#6-Daryl J. Haynor Virginian集藏

2022-08-26 04:00:00

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1839-O Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-2, Winter-2. Rarity-4. Low Date, Close Fraction--Medallic Alignment--AU-58 (PCGS). <strong>Die Variety:</strong> HM-2, Winter-2. Obverse 2: The two obverse dies of this issue are easily distinguished by the position of the date. On Obverse 2, the date is low and close to the denticles. Reverse O: The two reverse dies of this issue are also easily differentiated, in this case by looking at the fraction in the denomination. For coins struck from Reverse O, the digits in the fraction are closely spaced. The 1839-O HM-2 represents the only use of both the obverse and reverse dies in the quarter eagle series.<p><strong>Die Emission Sequence:</strong> The HM-2 is believed to have been the second die pairing produced for the 1839-O quarter eagle, likely accounting for those coins struck after the New Orleans Mint reopened in November 1839. It had temporarily ceased operations in August due to the yearly yellow fever outbreak.<p><strong>Die State: </strong>The obverse is perfect without cracks, the typical state of this die. The reverse of this coin also illustrates the typical state of the die, albeit with several prominent cracks: bisecting the eagles head from the border outside its right wing tip to the border outside its left wing tip; from the lower left border through the left upright of the letter N in UNITED and the uppermost pair of leaves; from the lower right border through the letter R in AMERICA, then curving abruptly to join the uppermost arrow head, then continuing through the arrow shaft and talons to join the crack from the letter N in UNITED.<p><strong>Strike: </strong>Both sides are crisply impressed with sharp to full detail in virtually all areas, and no major design elements less than boldly defined.<p><strong>Surfaces: </strong>Handsome honey-orange color to both sides, a tinge of light rose enhances the upper obverse periphery. Appreciable mint frost remains to surfaces that are impressively smooth for an early date New Orleans Mint gold coin that saw actual, however light commercial use.<p><strong>Commentary: </strong>Accounting for only one out of every three 1839-O quarter eagles, the HM-2 is by far the scarcer of the two known die pairings of the issue. All examples display medallic alignment of the dies, which has led Daryl J. Haynor (2020) to conjecture that this variety represents those coins struck in December 1839, after Philos B. Tyler assumed the role of coiner from his late brother Rufus Tyler. The latter was by far the more skilled of the brothers at coining; his death in September 1839, was a severe blow to the New Orleans Mint as it struggled to perfect its craft under trying conditions.<p>In attractive near-Mint preservation, the Virginian Collection specimen is a conditionally scarce survivor of the 1839-O quarter eagle. It will be an excellent addition to another advanced gold cabinet, be it one focused on Classic Head or pre-Civil War era Southern coinage. PCGS# 7701. NGC ID: 25G7. From the Daryl J. Haynor Virginian Collection.

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