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?”
As a dealer who handles more than his fair share of early gold, I’d like to share five brief observations which I have made relative to the current coin market…
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…