1855-C G$1

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Sold on Jan 8, 1999 for:

$16,675.00 Bid Source: Live: Floor bidder

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1855-C MS 60 PCGS. A much better struck example than is typical for this issue with very sharp central detail in spite of a number of clashmarks around the portrait. Very lustrous with attractive light yellow-gold and rose color; the surfaces are choice with the exception of a fine hairline scratch that runs from the throat to the T in UNITED. The reverse is as nice as we can recall having seen on an 1855-C gold dollar.
This is the rarest collectible gold dollar from the Charlotte Mint in higher grades. A dozen or so accurately graded AUs are known as well as between one and four Mint State coins; the appearance and poor manufacture of this date make it extremely difficult for even experts to grade. The Lilly Collection in the Smithsonian Institution contains an example reported to be MS-60+ and this is the finest known. There is an NGC MS 61 in a private collection that was earlier sold as lot 884 in Stack's October, 1993 Reed Hawn Collection and a PCGS graded MS 61, earlier sold as lot 1343 in David Akers' session of Auction '89 and before this as lot 1849 in Mid-American's May, 1988 sale. The North Georgia Collection coin is listed as fourth finest known in the current Condition Census but it really could just as easily be called the second or third best. At any rate, this is certainly the finest 1855-C gold dollar that has been made available to collectors in many years and it is a highlight of what is clearly the finest collection of Charlotte gold dollars ever sold at public auction.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 25C5, PCGS# 7533, Greysheet# 8071)

Weight: 1.67 grams

Metal: 90% Gold, 10% Copper

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