Thanks to the Fairmont Hoard, No Motto eagles have seen the greatest number of changes of all the major types of New Orleans gold when it comes to Condition Census coins…
As with all larger-sized US gold coins struck after 1880, the collector needs to ask “is this date safe from the possibility of a sizable quantity being located overseas?”
It’s pretty obvious that the two rarest No Motto New Orleans eagles in higher grades are the 1841-O and the 1859-O, but there’s a lot of competition for the number three (and four) spots…
Despite its low mintage of just 10,000 coins, the 1892-O half eagle is a coin which doesn’t receive a lot of love, even from New Orleans gold specialists…
