1858-O Coronet Double Eagle
NGC Graded MS-63

5055514-003

The mintage of double eagles at New Orleans in 1858 was just 35,250 pieces. In an era when the collecting of this series by date and mint was unimaginable, the survival of this issue was a matter of mere chance. Something between 100 and 150 examples are believed to exist today in all grades combined. This choice specimen is the finest yet certified by NGC (as of April 2004) and just the second coin to be graded mint state. Fully struck, its surfaces are alternately satiny and semi-proof like.

Numismatic Conservation Services and Numismatic Guaranty Corporation have been awarded the exclusive contract to conserve and grade the thousands of coins being recovered from the 1865 shipwreck of S. S. Republic. These gold and silver coins are being brought to the surface by Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. of Tampa, Florida. Some of the highlights from this ongoing operation are featured here to showcase the work performed by NCS to professionally conserve these treasures and by NGC to certify and encapsulate them for longterm preservation.

CONSULT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COINS AND THE WRECK OF THE S.S. REPUBLIC::

shipwreck.net
www.ngccoin.com
www.ncscoin.com
www.kagins.com
www.money.org

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) rating for "outstanding eye appeal"