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3649- C Bechtler $5 PCGS AU50

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:4,000.00 USD Estimated At:8,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD
3649- C Bechtler $5 PCGS AU50
<Our item number 121961><B>Christopher Bechtler, 5 DOLLARS GEORGIA, RUTHERFORD, 128 gr. 22 carats. PCGS graded AU-50 PQ.</B> Lovely orange and golden toning with reflective fields. A minor field scuff below the 1 of 128.C. but otherwise a Premium Quality coin. Bechtler coins were struck from native Georgia or Carolina gold mined locally. Bechtler and his heirs made their own dies, punches, presses, and other equipment; the output was of honest weight, and its variations from stated fineness were entirely from limitations in available technology. Between the mint&#39;s opening and about 1846 his establishment coined over &#36;2.2 million; federal mint officials made no attempt to interfere, knowing that the Constitution was on Bechtler&#39;s side. For decades even after the Civil War, many people in the South never saw any other gold than Bechtler&#39;s. <B>Pop 2; 8 finer, 3 in 53, 2 in 55, 1 in 58, 2 in 63</B>. Rarity 6+, Kagin 23 <B>&#40;PCGS # 10103&#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;8,000-9,000. <BR><BR>Ou r item number 121961<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/42jpegs/121961.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/42jpegs/121961N2.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/42jpegs/121961N3.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>