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1855-C G$1 AU55 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:9,250.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1855-C G$1 AU55 NGC
<B>1855-C G$1 AU55 NGC.</B></I> Variety 9-K. This example is consistent with the plate in Douglas Winter's 1997 text <I>Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint </B></I>as it demonstrates a clashmark-free obverse. The characteristic traits on the reverse include a clashmark between the D in DOLLAR and the 1 in the date, and the final 5 centered below the A in DOLLAR. At the Charlotte Mint in 1855, gold coinage was poorly produced and according to Winters, the 1855-C is the second rarest Charlotte Mint gold dollar in high grades. This piece shows evidence of the poor production of the year in that it has a weak strike that in the centers of both sides, but it is much nicer than most examples a collector is likely to encounter. It has no offensive marks and shows olive-green color with light tinges of copper color at the peripheries. There is even some luster in the protected areas. To say that a 1855-C gold dollar is a handsome coin is unusual, but this one deserves the compliment.<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> James B. Longacre<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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