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Lot 0616 1860 Mormon $5 Gold NGC MS62

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Lot 0616 1860 Mormon $5 Gold NGC MS62
Lovely yellow to greenish-gold hues, the surfaces are semi-prooflike in sheen with the most readily discernible reflectivity around the reverse beehive. Both sides are, to but it simply, <I>exceedingly sharp <I>in strike with weak features. There are scattered abrasions here and there, mainly small in size and not conspicuous or unnerving. The collector of Territorials will see at once this is a pleasing Mormon gold coin for the BU grade level. NGC holder #1705172-001.

The final gold coinage from the Deseret Assay Office consisted of five-dollar gold pieces dated 1860. These were made between February 28, 1861 and March 9, 1861 from 1860-dated dies. The gold for this issue came from mines in Colorado. Consistent with earlier Mormon gold, the 1860 coinage was in great demand in and around the Salt Lake region, but it failed in circulation among the those outside the Mormon religion. Most examples that worked their way East or West from Utah were therefore melted. This issue is seldom offered in any grade in even the big "name" collections. Mint State coins of the caliber offered here are especially rare and desirable.