1860 $2.50 Clark, Gruber & Co. MS(PCGS#10135)
1860 $2.50 Clark, Gruber & Co. MS (PCGS#10135)
Coins and Medals - U.S. Section
- 拍卖行
- Bonham's
- 批号
- 190
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 56,645
- 详细说明
- K-1, R.4. Of all the Clark, Gruber gold coinage, the $2.50 and $5 pieces of 1860 are the most plentiful and are frequently chosen for type collecting. This is a high grade example that was softly struck on a green-gold planchet. Over the years, a light, intermittent amount of reddish patina has gathered on each side. The central obverse and reverse are weakly defined as usual, almost as the minters were using low striking pressure in an effort to lengthen die life. Still, excellent detailing remains at the outer portions. Clark, Gruber & Co., Leavenworth, Kansas bankers, formed a branch of their establishment in Denver after gold was discovered in the region in the 1850s. Clark, Gruber became the largest mint in the Territory. Its operation would subsequently form the basis for the Denver (Federal) Mint. Population: 14 in AU58, 31 finer. (PCGS 10135)