2002 February Long Beach Signature Sale - Session 3

1853 G$1 MS61 NGC. From a good strike with average luster. The surfaces are exceedingly free of abrasion for the grade. The reverse has been struck f

1853-O G$1 MS62 NGC. Lustrous with a very good strike. The cheek of Liberty has a few minor abrasions, but certainly an attractive coin overall. Imp

1854 G$1 Type One MS63 NGC. A well struck coin with flashy luster and especially pleasing surfaces on the obverse. The reverse has a small lamination

1854 G$1 Type One MS65 NGC. Razor sharp with an original, satiny appearance and no noticeable surface blemishes. Final year of the Type One design an

1854 G$1 Type Two VF35 ANACS. Breen-6037. There is a triple row of beads above LIBERTY, although wear has reduced much of the impact of the doubled d

1854 G$1 Type Two AU58 PCGS. Lustrous with a good strike and a touch of rub on the portrait. Struck from heavily clashed dies. There are no detractin

1855 G$1 XF45 PCGS. Both sides have a pleasing portion of the original luster. Typically struck with a couple of weak letters and digits in the cente

1855 G$1 XF45 ANACS. Portions of the original mint luster glimmer from the legends and devices. The strike and wear is consistent, and the surfaces d

1855 G$1 AU55 PCGS. Bright luster swirls in the peripheries. The strike is good except for the center of the reverse. A small scratch near the T in U

1855-O G$1 AU55 PCGS. The bright and prooflike surfaces have various shades of golden-orange patina. The centers exhibit typical minor weakness of st

1856 G$1 Slanted 5 AU55 PCGS. From a good strike with very good luster. Struck from obviously clashed dies. Lightly abraded but without problems for

1856 G$1 Slanted 5 MS66 NGC. The 1856 has the highest mintage of any Type Three Gold Dollar and literally hundreds of pieces remain in Mint State. Unl

1856 G$1 Slanted 5 MS68 NGC. The majority of 1856 Gold Dollars display a Slanted 5 in the date. As the first Type Three Gold Dollar from the Philadelp

1856 G$1 Upright 5 MS63 PCGS. By far the more difficult of two date varieties for the year. This frosty, well preserved example is very well struck b

1856-D G$1 AU50 PCGS. The 1856-D has the second lowest mintage (1460 pieces) of all Gold Dollars, trailing only the 1875 in that regard. It is also on

1858 G$1 MS63 PCGS. A bold striking with noticeable die clashing on the reverse and attractive reddish-golden color. This scarce P-mint gold dollar i

1858 G$1 MS67 PCGS. Due to a respectable (by the standards of the era) original mintage and its status as a product of the Philadelphia Mint, the 1858

1858-D G$1 MS63 PCGS. Writing in 1997, Winter states that only 9-11 Mint State 1858-D Gold Dollars are extant from an original mintage of 3,477 pieces

1859-S G$1 MS64 PCGS. The 1859-S Gold Dollar, from a limited production of 15,000 pieces, is also one of the premier condition rarities in the entire

1860-S G$1 MS62 NGC. This conditionally scarce S-mint is extremely well defined with a vibrant cartwheel glow in the fields and no major blemishes. Th