Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

With only 1,800 minted, this is among the scarcest Philadelphia Mint dates in the series. The business strikes were minted on July 28, 1873 and tend t

Frosty though not vibrant luster.

Though cleaned at one time, which resulted in myriad hairlines in the surface, this is still a well struck, acceptable coin and, as a quick scan of an

Similar to the 1875, this has numerous light hairlines in the polished surface. Still scarce, still collectable in this grade since it isn't dam...

Original prooflike surface still adheres.

The Gold Dollar of this year had an impressively small mintage of only 3,000 business strikes, and as two numismatic researchers have pointed out, it

Prooflike. Some hairlines.

Only 3,000 minted.

A few light hairlines in the otherwise lustrous fields. Mintage this year even lower than in 1879: only 1,600 business strikes issued, plus 36 Proofs.

There is a lovely interplay between reddish-gold and bright colors that give this the eye appeal of an even higher grade. Struck with controlled preci