1849 G$1 Closed Wreath MS64 认证号34101243, PCGS号7503

CAC green Sticker (48 total, 21 on grade, 9 higher). Bought at 2018 Tampa FUN show. I sent to CAC and gained approval. GFRC description: Closed Wreath, Near Gem Original, Satiny Cartwheel Luster, Fully Struck, Accurately Graded. First year of issue with multiple design varieties including No L, the common Open Wreath and this Closed Wreath Philadelphia struck example. A better Philadelphia date in mint state among those Type 1s struck through 1854. One immediately note the bold satiny cartwheel luster and full strike. Both the obverse and reverse dies are heavily clashed. Reverse die also has a substantial amount of vertical die polish lines that transferred to strikes. Overall a pleasing mint state example that is accurately graded. Housed in new 2015 style PCGS holder and ready for a home in an advanced United States gold $1 collection.

David Akers (1975/88)

This is the most common variety of 1849 gold dollar and its mintage is probably on the order of half of the 688,567 total mintage reported for the year at the Philadelphia Mint. Choice specimens are reasonably available, although they are certainly not as common as as for 1851, 1852, 1853, or 1854.

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Ron Guth

The first Gold Dollars debuted in 1849, the result of a large influx of gold from California.  The first versions were of the Open Wreath variety, showing the tips of the wreath distant from the 1 of the denomination.  Later in the year, the Closed Wreath variety became the design of choice and was used until the end of the Type I series in 1854.  According to researcher John Dannreuther, the 1849 Closed Wreath design only appears on one die variety (his D-5).

The 1849 Closed Wreath Gold Dollar is far less common than the Open Wreath version, yet it can be found with relative ease in Mint State.  Average Uncirculated (MS63) examples appear to be the most available, followed by MS64.  Gems are scarce but not rare, and PCGS has yet to grade an example better than MS66.