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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4403797, member: 105571&quot;]OK, I think most everyone that wants to reply to this poll has done so.&nbsp; Most of you are calling it an AU-58.&nbsp;&nbsp; NGC slabbed it as MS-62.&nbsp; Some wise and experienced commentary was offered.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106558[/ATTACH] </p><p>I agree that there are luster breaks on some of the obverse high points, but not all.&nbsp; There is no wear on this coin-Liberty&#039;s hair is the result of a tired die, this was the last die state (1-d, see photo below of clash marks) before Obverse 1 was retired.&nbsp;&nbsp; Similarly, the reverse has some high point luster breaks but no wear.&nbsp; The reverse (A-f) is also a late die state. (diagnostic photo shown below-note the internal cud)).&nbsp; There are no luster breaks in the fields on either obverse or reverse.&nbsp; Both obverse and reverse exhibit near proof-like fields.&nbsp; This coin is much more attractive in hand than my photographs can convey.&nbsp; The obverse was lapped just prior to the d-state strikes and it is pretty obvious that this coin was struck shortly after the lapped die was put back into service.&nbsp; I can&#039;t explain the near proof-like fields on the reverse since the A reverse was the only one used in this die marriage.&nbsp; Osburn &amp; Cushing make no mention of die lapping the reverse but it&#039;s hard to imagine that the Reverse A die was used to strike thousands and thousands of coins without a lapping.&nbsp; It is also reasonable to surmise that when the obverse die was removed for lapping, they did the same with the reverse.&nbsp; O&amp;C say &quot;1859-O surfaces are usually frosty.&nbsp; They can be found proof-like, but with a large mintage and only four die pairs, the runs were long enough that most of the coins exhibit frosty surfaces.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t care what the coin slab says.&nbsp; I have been looking for this coin for 18 months after looking at literally hundreds of cleaned, bag-marked and downright ugly examples in every slabbed grade from 45 to 64.&nbsp; Other than early copper, this may be one of the most difficult series to find nice coins at reasonable prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Combined, PCGS and NGC have certified 146 1859-O coins in AU-58.&nbsp; Together they have certified 137 in MS-60, 248 in MS-61, 260 in MS-62, 112 in MS-63, 55 in MS-64, and 4 in MS-65.&nbsp; The large number of low-grade mint state coins is the result of the release of the &quot;Bank Hoard&quot; of thousands of uncirculated 1859-O dollars in the early 1960s.&nbsp; Most of these were heavily bag-marked and you can see it in the available population.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe my coin was part of the hoard, it is just too free of the typical bag-marking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I have to seek out an equivalent &quot;With Motto&quot; dollar. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for participating. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106570[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106566[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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