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Proof ***Auction Highlight*** NGC 1903 Jefferson Louisiana Purchase Gold Commem Dollar 1 Graded pr61

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:7,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD
Proof ***Auction Highlight*** NGC 1903 Jefferson Louisiana Purchase Gold Commem Dollar 1 Graded pr61
***Auction Highlight*** NGC 1903 Jefferson Louisiana Purchase Gold Commem Dollar 1 Graded pr61 cam By NGC. Although it perhaps goes largely forgotten today, the Louisiana Purchase was undoubtedly the most significant single real estate transaction in American history, doubling the size of the American continent by adding essentially all the land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. It is only fitting that such a monumental event would be commemorated numismatically -- so far -- in two different centuries. In 1903 through 1905 it was the Louisiana Purchase-Jefferson/McKinley and Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollars, and in 2004-2006 it was the various numismatic delicacies including the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial silver dollar, the Westward Journey nickels depicting Jefferson, and others.

While many numismatists consider the 1848 CAL. quarter eagles to be America's first true commemorative coin, those pieces entailed no complete overhaul or design change. The 1903 gold dollars were specifically designed as true commemoratives, and the Mint recorded only 100 proofs each struck of the Jefferson and McKinley designs. With so few sales on record and so few pieces in existence, it is hard to peg trends on a coin like this. Here is the the closest sale to the coin at hand. In 2007, a PR60 CAM sold for $13,000 in the Bowers Auction. A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away, you might not find its equal Coin. I give this coin my highest recommendation