1846 Seated Liberty dollar, NGC AU53, brilliant specimen

Description

1846 Seated Liberty dollar, authenticated / graded / encapsulated by NGC as Almost Uncirculated AU-53.  This silver dollar, pre-Morgan, was minted from submitted silver deposits, as was the practice in what was still Early American history; mintage was only 110,600, but even just that was a bit of a peak.   This specimen has plenty of original mint lustre, and is a beauty.  As NGC positioned the coin in its holder, the reverse is oriented but the obverse looks tilted, as this coin has about a 5 degree counterclockwise die rotation.  There's not very many bag marks on this dollar coin.
This coin circulated some, but not heavily, and was apparently set aside and saved during the Civil War and afterwards, until deposited in a bank or saved for a collection as Morgan dollars began to arrive in circulation.  We don't know these things exactly and so they will remain part of the coin's mystery.  A scarce and sought-after 1846 Seated Liberty dollar, in superb condition for an AU-53 grade, is offered for you here!