1858 gold $1

SkyMan

Got this for my 1858 business strike set. PCGS MS63. Nothing spectacular, but I like it. The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.

If you want to see the rest of the set, here it is:
https://ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/49889/

coinsarefun

Geeper's that's a pretty coin. I love gold and believe it or not I'm going to sell......I know I keep saying it,
but I want to sell and do numismatic gold set. Not sure how it will turn out but I look more forward to it as you have inspired me.
I clicked and went through you set......its beautiful

asheland

Look at the population of that date. It’s actually quite scarce compared to many others. I have one in AU58

Nice coin!

johnny9434

you goy a good thing, hang onto it

TurtleCat

Very nice looker. For some reasons nice gold dollars are hard to come by these days.

BillJones

@coinsarefun said:
Geeper's that's a pretty coin. I love gold and believe it or not I'm going to sell......I know I keep saying it,
but I want to sell and do numismatic gold set. Not sure how it will turn out but I look more forward to it as you have inspired me.
I clicked and went through you set......its beautiful

The prettiest Type III Gold Dollars are the pieces from the 1880s. The mintages were low, and many of the coins were struck with fresh dies that had much of polishing remaining. "Back in the day" people had a hard time telling the Proof and Mint State pieces apart.

The 1858 gold dollars are nice. To me the least attractive pieces were from the the 1873 and 1874 issues. The dies were pushed to their limits, and the coins are often not that attractive.

BillJones

@TurtleCat said:
Very nice looker. For some reasons nice gold dollars are hard to come by these days.

I have not been in the market for a while. I completed the Type I and Type II date and mint sets. I started the Type III coins, but then looked at what some them were going to cost me. I did complete a "short set" from 1880 to 1889. There are some beautiful coins from those years. Here are a couple of the nicer ones. These are both graded MS-65.

ricko

Beautiful coin and set @Skyman.... Good luck with the project. Cheers, RickO

Swampboy

Just lovely and quite special enough for me.
WTG

coinsarefun

@BillJones said:

@coinsarefun said:
Geeper's that's a pretty coin. I love gold and believe it or not I'm going to sell......I know I keep saying it,
but I want to sell and do numismatic gold set. Not sure how it will turn out but I look more forward to it as you have inspired me.
I clicked and went through you set......its beautiful

The prettiest Type III Gold Dollars are the pieces from the 1880s. The mintages were low, and many of the coins were struck with fresh dies that had much of polishing remaining. "Back in the day" people had a hard time telling the Proof and Mint State pieces apart.

The 1858 gold dollars are nice. To me the least attractive pieces were from the the 1873 and 1874 issues. The dies were pushed to their limits, and the coins are often not that attractive.

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Thanks Bill!! I'm bookmarking this and keep it on file for when I start putting together something

WAYNEAS

Nice coins in your set.
Thanks for the link.
Wayne

kaz

great looking coin, skyman! Hard to improve on that one as far as eye appeal

golden

A very nice looking coin.