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1851 Gold Dollar, MS68
From the David Akers Collection
Tied for Finest at PCGS

1851 G$1 MS68 PCGS Secure. CAC. Ex: Duckor/Akers. Slight weakness at the center of the obverse is noted on this amazing Superb Gem. The surfaces are frosty and pristine, combining yellow and orange hues with delicate blue tinges on each side. A minuscule luster graze on Liberty's cheek precludes perfection.

Variety and Die State: Breen-6015. A small raised pimple appears on Liberty's chin. Slight evidence of die lapping is noted in the wreath, with several berries missing stems.

Population (6/15): PCGS has certified two submissions as MS68 with none finer. NGC shows two in MS68 and one called MS69.

Commentary: We offered the MS69 NGC coin in our Central States sale earlier this year. In our opinion, the present piece from the Duckor Collection is clearly its equal. The two NGC-certified MS68s are inferior coins that have both appeared in our past sales.

Douglas Winter Commentary: It is hard to make declarative "finest known" comments about issues as common as the 1851 gold dollar, but it is hard to imagine that a finer example exists than this blazing Superb Gem. There appear to be fewer Superb Gem examples of the 1851 extant than the 1852 or 1853, and the PCGS population verifies this. This is one of just two graded MS68 at that service with none finer, and it would make an exceptional type coin to represent the Type One gold dollar design.

Steve Duckor purchased this coin from the Stack's Bowers August 2011 sale, lot 7579, where it smashed all previous records for the date, realizing $63,250 in fierce bidding. I didn't bid on this coin for Steve (I'm not sure I would have had the heart to pay over $60,000 for an 1851 gold dollar!), but when he asked my opinion on its quality, I said without hesitation that it was the finest example of the date that I had ever seen.

Provenance: David Akers; Stack's Bowers (8/2011), lot 7579.
From The Duckor Family Collection of Gold Dollars.(Registry values: N1)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 25BK, PCGS# 7513, Greysheet# 8011)

Weight: 1.67 grams

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper

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