The 1883-O is one of the most highly regarded key date issues in the challenging Liberty eagle series of 1838 to 1907. With just 800 coins produced, this is the lowest mintage mintmarked issue of the type, and the third lowest circulation strike issue overall after the 1875 and 1876. The 1883-O edges out even the 1859-O to rank as the rarest New Orleans Mint Liberty eagle. No more than 50 coins are believed extant in all grades, most of which are concentrated at the VF and EF grade levels.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, where it realized $102,000.