1856-S G$1 AU55+ 认证号81497804, PCGS号7536

CAC. Though not noted by PCGS, this is the S/S variety. As Doug Winter commented in August 2016, "The 1856-S gold dollar is a numismatically significant issue as it is the only Type Two gold dollar from the San Francisco mint as well as the final issue of this short-lived design. It is moderately scarce in the higher AU grades but few pieces so graded are choice and original. This lightly worn piece is lustrous and well-detailed with clean surfaces and pleasing pale green-gold color which changes to a deeper orange-gold hue at the borders. There are two interesting die cracks on the obverse which both terminate at the portrait."

David Akers (1975/88)

As one would suspect from the mintage, this date is much more scarce than the 1855-O in all grades. Strictly uncirculated specimens are very rare, although I have seen at least three specimens that I would call gem quality (MS-65 or better). The 1856-S has one interesting variety that is worth mentioning. It is the so-called "Double S" variety with the first S punched high and to the right, and then only partially affaced. Although this variety has been enthusiastically acclaimed to be a "great rarity" by several prominent dealers, in my experience it is really no more rare than the Normal S variety, and I have seen as many specimens with the Double S as without it. (In fact, two of the aforementioned gem specimens of this date were the Double S variety.)