***Auction Highlight*** 1854-p Gold Liberty Eagle $10 Graded Select Unc By USCG. Up for Auction is an Exceedingly Rare Mint State 1854 Liberty $10 Gold Eagle. Both sides of this delightful 1854 Liberty eagle display a lovely blend of soft satin luster and vivid rose-orange patina. Overall boldly defined and very attractive at the assigned grade level. Even at an early date the 1854 eagle was regarded as scarce. An example is provided by lot 1265 in the Dr. James R. Chilton Collection sold by Bangs, Merwin, & Company in March of 1865: "1854 Good and scarce. Dickeson, page 172." The Dickeson reference is to the American Numismatic Manual, the most impressive work on American rare coins produced up to that point in time. In the years to follow, 1854 eagles appeared at auction now and then, never with frequency, as large denomination circulation strikes were not particularly popular with numismatists of earlier generations. Among those that were offered, nearly all were in lower circulated grades, generally what we would classify as VF or EF by today's standards. Exceptions are few and far between, one being lot 126 in the J.C. Morgenthau & Company sale of June 1940, simply described as "1854 Uncirculated." Fast forward to August 1980 when David W. Akers described lot 953 in Paramount's session of Auction '80, a coin listed as MS-63, with the comment, still appropriate today: "...the 1854 is actually extremely rare in this grade. Only 54,250 were minted, we doubt if more than six to eight Mint State examples exist." This is certainly one of the very few Uncirculated survivors to ever be brought to any auction, and it is a coin that is sure to see spirited bidding among astute collectors. I estimate that it s the 2nd or 3rd finest known, and the finest to ever come to auction in the last 20 years. I have included a picture of an ms62 PCGS example for your comparison. It sold in 2016 for $15,275. I believe ours is superior. A Key Date's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away, you might not find its equal Coin. I give this coin my highest recommendation