1845 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. OC-1. Rarity-2. MS-61 (PCGS). OGH.
Brilliant and highly lustrous surfaces are semi-reflective in the fields, otherwise satiny in finish. Boldly to sharply struck with superior eye appeal at the assigned grade level. The 1845 is one of the lowest mintage silver dollars from the 1840s with just 24,500 circulation strikes produced, third only to the 1848 with 15,000 and 1844 with 20,000 coins struck. Most silver dollars of that decade circulated domestically, but were valued at a slight premium. Many were exported, especially to Europe and, increasingly after 1842, to China. After 1852, in fact, nearly all Liberty Seated dollars were exported to Asia, the quantity to Europe via England diminishing, yet still significant enough. Due to its earlier use in domestic commerce, the 1845 is more plentiful in circulated grades than issues such as the 1855 and 1856, which were produced solely for use in the export trade. In Mint State the 1845 is a landmark rarity, however, "the rarest of all Liberty Seated dollars of the 1840s and [maybe] the rarest Philadelphia Mint Liberty Seated dollar, period" (per Q. David Bowers, 1993). This importance of this Brilliant Uncirculated example for advanced Liberty Seated and/or silver dollar enthusiasts cannot be overstated.
PCGS# 6931. NGC ID: 24YF.
PCGS Population: 7; 11 finer (MS-64 finest).

Estimate: $3250