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

November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3128

等级

AU55

价格

71,744

详细说明

Significant Choice AU 1860-D Gold Dollar 1860-D Gold Dollar. AU-55 (NGC). This 1860-D gold dollar offers exceptional surface quality for this elusive and challenging issue. Satiny in texture with handsome honey-gold patina, this example exhibits uncommonly sharp striking detail to Liberty's portrait and throughout much of wreath on the reverse. Softness for the latter is largely confined to the ribbon at the base, as is typical. The center on that side allows ready appreciation of all elements in the denomination 1 DOLLAR and date 1860. The obverse periphery is characteristically incomplete for the issue, with the letters UN in UNITED all but absent. The offered coin is a superior representative of one of the most challenging issues 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 80 to 100 specimens are thought to exist in all grades. With Mint State examples exceptionally rare, this Choice AU example will attract significant attention. PCGS# 7556. NGC ID: 25CS. Click here for certification details from NGC.