1855-D G$1 MS(PCGS#7534)

1855-D G$1 MS (PCGS#7534)

The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale

详细说明: 1855-D Gold Dollar. Type II. Winter 7-I. MS-64+ (NGC). This coin is the single finest-known example of the very rare and extremely challenging 1855-D Type II Gold Dollar. It is listed as Condition Census #1 in the 2003 edition of the book <em>Gold Coins of the Dahlonega Mint: 1838-1861 </em>by Doug Winter, and possesses the strongest technical merits and eye appeal in any survivor of this issue that we have ever handled. For starters, this piece is near-fully struck (yes, fully) in the centers. Even all four digits in the date 1855 are essentially full--a particularly rare attribute for an issue that is almost always offered with poor central definition. Then there's the surfaces, which are virtually smooth as far as post-production distractions are concerned. We note only wispy handling marks that are hardly distracting to the unaided eye. Other features on the surfaces are as-struck clashmarks in the fields around the central devices. Lustrous and satiny, with warm medium-orange patina and a simply exquisite "look" in a '55-D Gold Dollar.<br />     The 1855-D is a very low-mintage issue with a mere 1,811 pieces produced. It is the second-rarest Dahlonega Mint Gold Dollar in an absolute sense, and is the leading condition rarity in this Southern gold series. Doug Winter (again 2003) accounts for only 70-80 coins extant, fewer than five of which qualify as Mint State in his strict opinion.