August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
High Condition Census 1854-D Gold Dollar
1854-D Gold Dollar. Winter 6-H, the only known dies. MS-62+ (NGC).
A handsome, remarkably well preserved example of this leading rarity among Dahlonega Mint gold dollars. The quality of strike is superior for the issue, for while the obverse is expectably sharp with crisp definition throughout, the reverse is also boldly rendered apart from softness confined to the lower left, which area seems to have been struck through foreign matter. Both sides exhibit warm, even, pinkish-honey color with a satiny, somewhat granular texture to the finish that is characteristic of high grade survivors. Both sides reveal mostly wispy handling marks that are easily overlooked, although there is a thin graze below Liberty's bust on the obverse, as well as a few tiny scuffs close in above star 1 on the same side. Trivial detractions in a Mint State Dahlonega Mint gold coin, to be sure, and mentioned here solely as identifiers for provenance purposes. As one of the very finest certified, the offered example is solidly in the Condition Census for the issue and sure to find its way into a highly regarded Southern gold cabinet. The 1854-D is one of the most elusive Dahlonega Mint gold dollars, ranking fourth in overall and third in high grade rarity in this mintmarked series per Doug Winter in the 2003 edition of Gold Coins of the Dahlonega Mint: 1838-1861. The mintage is a scant 2,935 pieces, the extant population probably on the order of 100 to 200 coins. The typical survivor is well worn, if not also impaired, with problem free Mint State examples of the utmost rarity and desirability.
PCGS# 7526. NGC ID: 25BZ.
NGC Census: 1; 3 finer (MS-64 finest). There are no examples certified finer than MS-62 at PCGS.
From the PentaMint Collection. Earlier from Heritage's sale of the Mr. Brightside Collection, January 2023 FUN Signature Auction, lot 3812.
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| Price realized | 14'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 18'000 USD |
