1856-O Liberty Double Eagle Flies to $690,000 To Lift Auction Above $22 Million

An 1856-O Liberty Double Eagle, AU58 PCGS. Winter 1 sold for a record $690,000 to lead Heritage’s February 27-March 2 Long Beach Expo U.S. Coins Signature® Auction to $22,246,194. The result for this magnificent coin raced past the previous record of $576,150 that was set at Heritage Auctions in 2008. Part of The Mississippi Collection of Double Eagles, Part II produced many of the top results in the auction; this exceptional coin once was a part of the prestigious collection of Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. It is the third-finest of the 1856-O, which is a premier rarity in the Liberty double eagle series, a group that boasts the smallest mintage — 2,250 — of any double eagle from the New Orleans Mint. “This record is a fitting result for such…

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