Lot 3711
1860-C $2.50 Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Untoned and a nice strike for the date. Only 7,469 minted. Pop 3; 2 in 63. Resplendent golden to pale greenish surfaces that are thoroughly frosted with keen-edged, gold luster spiraling outward from the centers on both sides. And what is most desirable to see, the main devices were struck with the primary energy required to impart most of the design to the outer areas as well as enough vigor by the dies to impart clear-cut centers. Only a few leg feathers on the eagle are flat, as is the claw on left with a threesome of leaves. This is a not well-known trait of 1860-C, to have splendid mint frostiness and a more than adequate strike! Rare (PCGS # 7792) .
1860 was a difficult year in America. The "wedges of separation" caused by slavery, and more importantly, the passage of the punitive Morrill Tariff act, split the nation. The crucial point was reached in the presidential election of 1860, in which the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, defeated three opponents, Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat), John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), and John Bell of the Constitutional Union party. Lincoln's victory was the signal for the secession of South Carolina (Dec. 20, 1860), and that state was followed out of the Union by six other states, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
Estimated Value $19,000 - 21,000.
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