1842 Liberty Head Eagle. Small Date, Plain 4. EF-45 (PCGS).

1842 Liberty Head Eagle. Small Date, Plain 4. EF-45 (PCGS).，A highly significant and visually appealing example of an underrated early date issue in the Liberty Head eagle series. Medium gold surfaces retain overall bold definition and appreciable satin luster despite having seen light circulation. The Small Date is by far the rarer of the two date logotypes that comprise the Philadelphia Mints production of ten-dollar gold eagles in 1842. It was the first variety of the issue produced, and is distinguished from its Large Date counterpart not only by the size of the digits in the logotype, but also by having a Plain 4 as opposed to a Crosslet 4. The mintage of the 1842 Small Date is just 18,623 pieces, as opposed to 62,884 coins for the 1842 Large Date, and survivors of the former variety are at least twice as rare. A find for the advanced collector specializing in this challenging classic U.S. Mint gold type.，，