Recent acquisition - 1843O small date $2.5

[nwcs]

It's a southern mint for sure but not quite the D or C mint I'm still hoping to get. Even so, I like this piece. It's a bit used but has acquired some character over the decades. I am certainly no expert but it seems that a lot of gold from this time has a similar look to it.

[DirtyGoldMan]

Nice, original looking piece.

[jtryka]

Nice quarter eagle Neil! Congrats!

[rrantique]

Nice coin Neil. (thumbs u

[Oldtrader3]

Nice quarter eagle, Neil. "O" mint coins are notoriously poorly struck and yours is well struck with good hair detail and a full left foot on the eagle. Nice for a New Orleans gold coin.

[Coagman]

Great Coin. No distracting marks with nice even wear.

[TomB]

That looks like a really nice coin and the O-mint pieces can be quite scarce, too, even though they do not appear to have the same rabid following as the C-and D-mint pieces.

[michael]

looks like a well balanced "gem" circ. coin with really good eye appeal

 

also the o mintmark is underrated as compaired to its more fully priced d and c mint brothers

 

maybe the former new orleans mint will eventually be under water due to global warming and also being located in a fish bowl surrounded by a huge body of water

 

only time will tell

 

 

[MikeInFL]

Nice!

[James_OldeTowne]

I would defer to SageRad's expertise, but in my experience, this is an above average coin in terms of preservation and appeal. For some reason, many of these are just plain ugly.

 

EF-40 or so?

[nwcs]

Thanks everyone. It's in a NGC AU50 slab right now. The more I look into old gold the more I'm realizing the truth of what some people have been saying for a long time: good ones are hard to find and there's a lot to learn.