Photo Denom Date Grade TPG Variety GFRC Rating Price Description Buy
Seated 25C 1849O Seated 25C 1849-O
 EF40 PCGS
21902015 		Briggs 1-A
 Original SOLD
$6470 		Key New Orleans Date, Steely Residual Luster, Light Gun Metal Gray-Blue Patina, Near Choice Original Surfaces, Accurately Graded, Sunset Point Collection. The mintage for 1849-O New Orleans strikes is unrecorded with Briggs estimating a mintage of 16,000 pieces. Few example ever reach the marketplace. However, GFRC customers are lucky to have access to two PCGS graded EF40 example for comparison shopping. This offering is part of a complete set of Liberty Seated quarters from the Sunset Point Collection. A strictly original with ample residual luster on both sides. Surfaces are toned with a light gun metal gray-blue patina with GFRC images amplifying the blues. Obverse strike is partial and slightly better than that seen on the earlier 1847-O date. Reverse has a mark by the eagle's head otherwise, the fields are free from blemishes. Heavy die rust is noted in the obverse shield and surrounding gown folds. PCGS has graded eight at the EF40 level with few known at a higher level. Accurately graded and housed in old blue label PCGS holder with standard ring insert. An offering that should receive much consideration as nearly all EF40 examples are tied up in long term collections. December 1969