Type Two ~ Gold Dollar ~ Thread !
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This is one that I want to upgrade in the future, I really want this in MS64 but it’s gonna be very pricey… If you have one, in any grade, post it here!
I have this one, and if I ever do get the 64 I will continue to keep this one because it’s just so darn choice!
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Mr_Spud
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I bought this as a 63, but when I had it in hand, I liked it so much, I sent it back to PCGS for Reconsideration. They agreed, and added on the plus!
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Excellent 1854 t2 G$!
Deep strike, clean, original - what more can you ask for?
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When I had visions of assembling a gold dollar set, I competed the Type II coins. It is a short, but difficult set.
I will lead with the two date and mint mark combinations that have not appeared so far.
The Charlotte Mint never got the hang of making the larger (15 mm) gold dollars. All of the Charlotte pieces are poorly stuck.
The best thing about this piece is that the reverse is well struck for the issue. This one is graded EF-45. After looking at a number of pieces, I concluded that you could pay "$X" for an EF or your could pay "2 X $X) for an AU which wasn't much better. So I went with the EF.
Here is my 1855-D. The reverse on this is fully struck, which is unusual but not that rare, in context. I really liked this piece because of its originality and the strike on the reverse. So I WAY overpaid for it. With an estimated surviving population of 80 pieces, it's one of the rarest date and mint combination coins in my collection.
I will post the others coins in this date and mint mark set, if people are interested in them.
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Great piece!
55 CAC with some die clashing
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Die clashes are very common with this series.
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Here is my T2 from my type set - also with some clashing.
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There are not that many type 2 Obv dies out there. It would be worth while deeply studying the Obv for markers and then tracking down the date and mint. While most likely a 54p if it could be proven to be an O, D, C or S it would raise the interest and thus the demand.
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Yes, die clashing is very common with these pieces. It's almost hard to find them without it.
A great many of the dies show rust also. Many years ago I had one that passed as an "MS-65" before there were certification services. It was very well struck, but the obverse die was rusted. Breen mentioned that in his booklet about gold dollar die varieties.
Since the obverse die is undated, it may have been used in multiple years.
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Only one I have, while I consider it a stepping stone example until I find the perfect 55o, they just aren’t out there with original surfaces and color. The 3 or 4 I have seen that are worthy upgrades in the last decade were priced accordingly and I didn’t squeeze the trigger
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The 1856-S Gold Dollar is an interesting. It was the last of the Type II design. It exists because it took so long to transport goods from Philadelphia to San Francisco.
Gold Dollars were struck at San Francisco in 1854, but there were none in 1855. The Philadelphia Mint sent dies to San Francisco for the 1856 coinage. They turned out to be Type II gold dollars.
A good number of them has a double punched "S." David Akers said in his gold dollar book that some dealers tired to call this variety "rare." It isn't.
I snagged this on GC when everyone was apparently sleeping
This one is a 58, some planchet roughness on the right obv.
I’m not sure why but I love clash marks
This might be one of those cases where some slight rub (which I can see) held a very nice coin back from an MS grade.
I agree, it’s got a nice strike, too.
But, like mentioned above the most interesting thing on this example that I currently own is that there’s no clashing on it!
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This is the best struck 55-C I have seen. Bill is right on about all being poorly struck. Mine has been lightly cleaned, but for me the cleaning was offset by the above average strike. As compared to Bill's mine has a better obverse strike but the reverse is weaker at the center.
True but it wouldn’t have been used at multiple mints just tracking to a P, O, D, C or S would add value and be a fun numismatic exercise. Even finding one year that matches would be a start
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