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Coins Of 1849 ~ Official Thread

1849 is an interesting year for many reasons, among them the Coinage Act of March 3rd which authorized two new gold denominations, the $1 and $20, to facilitate coinage of the large amounts of gold flowing into the mints from California.

In my collecting series, seated quarters, the 1849-o is a top 10 rarity. No mintage figures exist but an estimated 16,000 were coined, included in the mintage figures for 1850-o.


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