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Lot 1108 - 1856-D $1 Gold Indian NGC AU58

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Lot 1108 - 1856-D $1 Gold Indian NGC AU58
1856-D $1 Gold Indian. Variety 8-K, the only variety for the year (per Doug Winter's second edition and revised attribution system). All 1,460 examples of the 1856-D gold dollar were coined from a single pair of dies in May, 1856. There are as few as 80 to 90 pieces known of this issue. We can account for four or five Uncirculated coins, of which the Green Pond Collection example is unquestionably the finest. In high grades, like this choice About Uncirculated 58, the 1856-D is one of the true rarities among the Dahlonega gold dollars.

Lustrous. The strike is typical for the issue with some diagnostic peculiarities seen on the obverse and the reverse: The obverse has an almost illegible U in UNITED and some weakness on the curls around the face but does show better than average definition on the denticles. On the reverse, the O in DOLLAR is somewhat blurry and the 5 in the date is weak. The denticles are weak in areas as well but here and there very sharp. Unquestionably one of the great gold dollar rarities. NGC serial #1647734-007. (#7543)