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1851 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. AU50 NGC.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:18,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 2.00 USD
1851 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. AU50 NGC.
<B>1851 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. AU50 NGC.</B></I> K-6, R.4. A lightly circulated example of this large format Territorial gold coin. The Assay Office in San Francisco actually did very little in 1851 to help alleviate California's need for a circulating medium. What they did under Humbert's leadership was to convert the raw gold dust that had previously been used as currency into these large, so-called $50 "slugs." This piece is moderately abraded on the obverse, and lightly marked on the reverse. The often weak central details are typically soft on this example, and the coloration is a pleasing, uniform, light green-gold.<BR><I>From The Twin Hollows Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coin/Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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