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Ex. Gold Coast Collection 1851-D Gold Dollar, MS62 Conditionally Rare Dahlonega Type Coin 1851-D G$1 MS62 PCGS. Variety 3-E. The leaf is positioned centrally under the second 1 in the date. From a mintage of just 9,882 coins, the 1851-D is the secondmost available date in the series among Dahlonega issues after the 1849-D. Winter (2013) estimates that only 15 to 20 Mint State representatives are extant, primarily in MS60 and MS61. This example features light yellow-gold surfaces. The strike is generally sharp with typical softness on the stars below Liberty's portrait, on LLA in DOLLAR, and on 85 in the date. Good for type. Population: 15 in 62, 10 finer (2/22). Ex: PNG Dallas Invitational (Heritage, 2-3/2015), lot 3198.
Ex. Gold Coast Collection 1851-D Gold Dollar, MS62 Conditionally Rare Dahlonega Type Coin 1851-D G$1 MS62 PCGS. Variety 3-E. The leaf is positioned centrally under the second 1 in the date. From a mintage of just 9,882 coins, the 1851-D is the secondmost available date in the series among Dahlonega issues after the 1849-D. Winter (2013) estimates that only 15 to 20 Mint State representatives are extant, primarily in MS60 and MS61. This example features light yellow-gold surfaces. The strike is generally sharp with typical softness on the stars below Liberty's portrait, on LLA in DOLLAR, and on 85 in the date. Good for type. Population: 15 in 62, 10 finer (2/22). Ex: PNG Dallas Invitational (Heritage, 2-3/2015), lot 3198.
Ex. Gold Coast Collection 1851-D Gold Dollar, MS62 Conditionally Rare Dahlonega Type Coin 1851-D G$1 MS62 PCGS. Variety 3-E. The leaf is positioned centrally under the second 1 in the date. From a mintage of just 9,882 coins, the 1851-D is the secondmost available date in the series among Dahlonega issues after the 1849-D. Winter (2013) estimates that only 15 to 20 Mint State representatives are extant, primarily in MS60 and MS61. This example features light yellow-gold surfaces. The strike is generally sharp with typical softness on the stars below Liberty's portrait, on LLA in DOLLAR, and on 85 in the date. Good for type. Population: 15 in 62, 10 finer (2/22). Ex: PNG Dallas Invitational (Heritage, 2-3/2015), lot 3198.
Ex. Gold Coast Collection 1851-D Gold Dollar, MS62 Conditionally Rare Dahlonega Type Coin 1851-D G$1 MS62 PCGS. Variety 3-E. The leaf is positioned centrally under the second 1 in the date. From a mintage of just 9,882 coins, the 1851-D is the secondmost available date in the series among Dahlonega issues after the 1849-D. Winter (2013) estimates that only 15 to 20 Mint State representatives are extant, primarily in MS60 and MS61. This example features light yellow-gold surfaces. The strike is generally sharp with typical softness on the stars below Liberty's portrait, on LLA in DOLLAR, and on 85 in the date. Good for type. Population: 15 in 62, 10 finer (2/22). Ex: PNG Dallas Invitational (Heritage, 2-3/2015), lot 3198.
An uncommonly attractive survivor of this challenging Type II gold dollar. Both sides exhibit bright honey-gold color with intermingled pale apricot highlights. Abundant frosty to semi-reflective luster remains to surfaces that reveal only a trace of rub, and no sizeable or otherwise singularly notable marks. The digit 8 is softly defined, and the hair curls above Liberty's brow are blunt and devoid of finer detail. Otherwise, however, we note bold to sharp detail throughout the design. The surfaces show clash marks in the fields around the central design elements, typical of the type. Preserved with uncommon care for an issue that suffered a high rate of attrition through circulation and melting, this is a superior 1855-D in all categories that is sure to please discerning bidders. The 1855-D is one of the rarest gold dollars struck at the Dahlonega Mint, if not the entire series, and it is also eagerly sought as the only Type II gold dollar minted at the Georgia facility. A scant 1,811 coins were produced, all in February of the year. Fewer than 150 coins are extant, and most are well worn, often impaired. Among high grade survivors (AU and Mint State) poor striking detail, inferior luster quality and below average eye appeal are the norm. On the other hand, the rather "rustic" nature of this issue is part of its charm. The vast majority were struck on imperfectly made planchets and often show considerable weakness in the centers, especially at the digit 8 in the date on the reverse, as here. In addition, the dies clashed early in the production run, so that these clash marks are often prominent on surviving specimens. Clearly, locating an above average 1855-D gold dollar at any grade level is a formidable challenge. It is little wonder that this issue is the second rarest in its series in an absolute sense, and the rarest in grades above EF-45. Interestingly for such a low mintage issue, two die marriages are known for the 1855-D, featuring a single obverse paired with two reverse dies. Doug Winter (2013) speculates that the inferior quality of strike on the earliest coins produced prompted mint employees to switch to a new reverse die. The two reverse dies used to produce this issue can be distinguished by the relative positioning of the right ribbon bow to the first digit 5 in the date. For the Winter 7-I attribution, represented here, the ribbon bow is centered under that digit, as opposed to under the left edge of the 5 on Winter 7-J examples. This is a late die state example with a crack extending from the border into the ribbon to the right of the mintmark. Provenance: From the George Schwenk Collection.
Desirable Choice AU 1860-D Gold Dollar with CAC Approval 1860-D Gold Dollar. Winter 12-P, the only known dies. AU-55 (PCGS). CAC. CMQ. This gold dollar offers exceptional surface quality for the elusive and challenging 1860-D issue. Satiny with even deep honey-orange color, this example also displays impressively bold striking detail on Liberty's portrait. The reverse wreath is also crisp save for an area of bluntness at and around the ribbon knot, as is typical. The center on that side allows ready appreciation of all elements in the denomination 1 DOLLAR and date 1860, although the letter O is a tad soft at right. The obverse periphery is characteristically incomplete for the issue, with the letter U in UNITED absent, but NITED are crisp. The offered coin is a superior representative of one of the most challenging dates in this Southern gold series. Production of gold dollars at the Dahlonega Mint was never extensive but took a distinct nose dive at the eve of the Civil War. In 1860 only 1,566 gold dollars were made, one of the lowest productions for the denomination at Dahlonega. Because of economic uncertainty in the midst of talk of secession, many 1860-D gold dollars were pulled from circulation soon after their release. Thankfully, this helped make the survival rate and overall level of preservation somewhat higher than for earlier Dahlonega Mint gold dollars. Even so, the 1860-D gold dollar is among the rarest from this minting facility. Only 90 to 115 specimens are thought to exist in all grades (per Doug Winter, 2023). With Mint State examples exceptionally rare, this Choice AU example with coveted CAC approval will attract significant attention. Provenance: From the Srotag Collection. PCGS Population: 16; 24 finer, 12 of which are Mint State (MS-63 finest). CAC Stickered Population: 4; 8.