1853 LIBERTY HEAD $20 MS62

VERY CHOICE SURFACES WITH ORANGE PEEL LUSTER. JUST FIVE MS63 COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. The conditionally challenging nature of this otherwise relatively obtainable P-mint Double Eagle is perhaps best illustrated by Doug Winter's and Adam Crum's 2002 assertion that the Condition Census for the 1853 begins at the upper reaches of the MS-61 grade level. This is definitely one of the more underrated deliveries in the Type I series, and it can even be elusive in Choice AU. In fact, nine issues of this type are easier to obtain in high grades than the 1853: 1851, 1852, 1855-S, 1856-S, 1857-S, 1859-S, 1860, 1861 and 1865-S.