Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

The very rare Dahlonega Mint issue featuring luster in and around the main devices, with normal weak centers. The finest examples are PCGS MS62 of

Although lustrous in the fields and generally choice, the central part of Liberty's hair is flat, as though worn, but probably this is due to we...

The first year of the San Francisco Mint coincided with the last year of the Type 1 gold dollar design, and this mint struck 14,632 pieces. Mint State

A frosty, satiny pale golden gem with intense cartwheel spin on both sides. Nicely struck as well, with just no hint of the usual weakness at centers

A glittering pale golden Type 2 with beautiful luster, a bold strike, and eye appeal that just won't quit! As often found, the fields show die c...

Well-struck and lustrous, struck from clashed dies. There is a scrape on Liberty's face.

Tinged in delicate golden-rose shades in the center; struck from clashed dies. A lustrous example.

If you want a splendid gold dollar Type 2 to add to your family of gold pieces, this well made, lustrous 1854 will be the right coin to buy. Collector

The whizzing (done on a wire brush wheel) simulates mint frost.

Heart-stopping quality for this scarce Type 2 design. Each side has a beaming orange-gold center that is surrounded by a nice margin of the similar co

The luster on this Mint State specimen is neither bright nor dingy, and sizeable detail is seen in Liberty's hair and throughout the wreath. The...

Better-than-average strike with nice luster and toned color. A few marks on the face.

Cleaned, with some unevenness along the lower obverse rim and also some discoloration in the area around the bottom of the bust; still an acceptable e

Another to match the 1854 in this condition.

This relatively well-struck example has a bold 1855 date and most of LL in DOLLAR showing. There is a small rim nick at about the 8 o'clock posi...

Some scrapes on Liberty and hairlines in the fields; a fine pin line on the reverse through the lower left part of the shield and mildly rippled surfa

After seeing our fair share of pretty average Type 2 gold dollars from this branch mint, it is always a treat to find one that is in a general way muc

If you bar every even a small defect when electing to bid on an early gold coin such as this, you'll miss a grand opportunity: for an 1855-O, th...

Light cleaning, light hairlines, light die clash, and -- this will light up your day -- plainly <I>doubled S mintmark.</I> See Breen-6045.

At the heart of this coin are sharp centers including full hair and headdress for Liberty, and clear definition on the wreath elements, plus a bold da