If I were going to choose a date to employ as a Dahlonega quarter eagle type coin for a set it might well be the 1847-D. This date is among the very best made quarter eagles from this mint and it is a date that can be found with good color as well. The present example has a remarkable “hammered” strike with as much detail as you’d expect to see on a Philadelphia quarter eagle of this era.   
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This is among the more available dates from this mint but it is hard to locate clean, original pieces with nice surfaces and good eye appeal. This example has never been dipped or processed and it shows attractive rich green-gold color on the obverse and reverse. A small mark on the bridge of the nose is probably all that keeps this coin from grading AU58. Very pleasing and a great introductory CC double eagle for the new collector.  
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While not as scarce as the 1849-O or 1852-O, the 1850-O is scarcer than the 1847-O, 1848-O and 1851-O. Despite this date’s scarcity in properly graded AU50 and better, it is still affordable and it is undervalued, in my opinion. This lustrous piece has the body of an AU53 to AU55 but it is a bit abraded below a nice, even lemon-gold overtone.   
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I have never seen a better example of this date than this coin and it is closer to grading MS64 than any 1893-O eagle I know of. Every MS63 1893-O eagle that I am aware of has tons of abrasions in the fields; to the point that the luster can be impaired. This piece looks more like a 1903-O than an 1893-O with relatively few marks of note, rich, frosty luster and lovely light rose, green and orange-gold color.   
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This is as original an example of this popular Type Three issue as you are likely to find with deep, natural green-gold and reddish colors atop clean surfaces. The strike is well above average for the issue with strong lettering, a sharp date and a full mintmark.   
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With a mintage of just 5,000 coins, the 1857-O is among the rarest No Motto eagles. It is an issue that remains unknown in Uncirculated and there are only three to five that I am aware of which can properly be graded as AU58. For most advanced collectors of No Motto eagles, AU55 is the finest grade in which this date is realistically available and choice, original examples are offered about once every two to four years.   
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