Of the 7,063 circulation strikes of the date produced, it is thought that perhaps four or five dozen examples of the date can be called Mint State today, most in Mint State-60 to 62, and a few more can be called choice. When a gem 1860 is desired, collectors often wait years for such a piece, often without success. At the upper end of the Gem level the population is severely limited, and so is the opportunity to obtain such a piece.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the D. Brent Pogue Part III Auction, where it realized $91,062.