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1854 $1 Gold Indian Type 2 PCGS MS63

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1854 $1 Gold Indian Type 2 PCGS MS63
<b>1854 &#36;1 Gold Indian. Type 2. PCGS graded MS63.</b> The fully brilliant example we now hand over bidders beats &#40;from a technical angle&#41; practically all of the Mint State 63 Type 2s that have passed through the various grading services. Unlike the usual survivor with its diminished impression on the hair, the date and portions of the wreath left by a weak blow of the &#40;possibly worn&#41; dies, this handsome coin is very sharp from top to bottom, center to periphery, with only the faintest trace of incompleteness on the 8 of the date.

Upon receiving his post to Mint Director in 1853, Colonel James R. Snowden readied plans to modify the gold dollar that James B. Longacre had executed in 1849. To this end, Longacre increased the diameter of the denomination from 13 to 15 millimeters and reduced the thickness proportionately. At the same time, he seized upon the opportunity to redesign both the obverse and reverse devices. The chief engraver altered the gold dollar&#39;s resemblance to the double eagle when he utilized his replica of the marble Venus Accroupie from the three dollar gold piece. The wreath of corn, cotton, maple, and tobacco that Longacre would in due course immortalize on the Flying Eagle cent also made the move from the three dollar gold piece to the new gold dollar.

CHOICE MINT STATE 1854 TYPE 2 GOLD DOLLAR <b>&#40;PCGS # 7531&#41;</b>

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