1860-D G$1 MS(PCGS#7556)

1860-D G$1 MS (PCGS#7556)

The March 2013 Baltimore Auction

详细说明: 1860-D Gold Dollar. MS-64 (NGC). This memorable 1860-D gold dollar has satiny and lustrous deep orange-gold surfaces exhibit a touch of rose and peach iridescence throughout. Contact marks are minimal though some natural planchet roughness is noted, not at all unusual for a Dahlonega gold dollar of the era. The strike is reasonably sharp for the issue, though with some softness at the centers as nearly always seen for the date. U of UNITED weak on obverse, as always, O in DOLLAR weak, as are the 8 and 6 in the date and the bow at the bottom of the wreath. One of only 1,566 examples of the date struck, the third lowest Dahlonega Mint output within the gold dollar denomination, 1849-1861. A search of our  auction archives  reveals no recent offerings by us. The present piece is far finer than the Bass specimen and is tied for the finest certified by NGC. As is well known, the 1860-D is one of the rarest and most important of all gold dollar issues, especially among the Dahlonega Mint issues. Certainly this is one of the finest of perhaps 50 to 100 pieces known in various grades. The present coin affords our bidders a rare opportunity to obtain what could be the finest 1860-D gold dollar extant.