Gold Dollar Heritage Auction Appearances since 1993 *Complete Record*

ambro51

There have been over 14,000 gold dollar auctions by Heritage since 1993. Ive taken the time to go through the archives, and take note of the number each date and mintmark has appeared for auction. While these numbers reflect the surviving coins, there are a few things which must be taken into consideration. First, there is no way of knowing how many of these appearances are for the SAME coin, without rather extensive investigation. Also, while these numbers are a good indicator of relative rarity, they dont account for the large number of coins which have NOT been sold through Heritage since 1993, as well as coins sold in other venues, and through private sale. As well as of course coins that have been long held in collections, and not been sold recently.

But, all in all, it is a pretty good indicator of the relative rarity of each date, especially for coins in MS and quality collector grades.

Charlotte Mint

1849 C OW......1
1849 C CW....68
1850 C...........40
1851 C.........141
1852 C...........71
1853 C...........66
1855 C...........93
1857 C...........85
1859 C...........59

Dahlonega Mint

1849 D...........125
1850 D.............52
1851 D.............61
1852 D.............53
1853 D.............44
1854 D.............35
1855 D.............36
1856 D.............44
1857 D.............56
1858 D.............65
1859 D.............63
1860 D.............58
1861 D.............37

San Francisco Mint


1854 S............64
1856 S............74
1857 S............53
1858 S............51
1859 S............84
1860 S............71
1870 S............32


New Orleans Mint


1849 O...........157
1850 O.............70
1851 O...........239
1852 O...........138
1853 O...........251
1855 O...........169

Philadelphia Mint


1849 No L.......151
1849 OWwL......62
1849 OWLGH.306
1849 Clw........146
1850................358
1851................934
1852................670
1853..............1000+ (records only go to 1000)
1854 T1.........1000+
1854 T2.........1000+
1854 DDO............7
1855..............1000+
1856 up5...........82
1856 sl5...........256 (1856 not specified total 534)
1857................408
1858................211
1859................312
1860................192
1861................246
1862................396
1862 DDO...........2
1863..................21
1864..................42
1865..................21
1866..................47
1867..................41
1868..................76
1869..................69
1870................101
1871..................69
1872..................46
1873 cl3............42
1873 op3........240
1874................346
1875..................39
1876..................59
1877..................75
1878..................58
1879..................71
1880................134
1881..................95
1882..................64
1883................121
1884..................86
1885................134
1886................113
1887................129
1888................152
1889................364

Patches

nice work put in there, I'm sure this is useful to a few on here

garsmith

You need to subtract one of those 1873 closed 3's and add it as an open 3

RichieURich

Nice work, Ambro51! There are some surprises in there!

HTubbs

<< <i>You need to subtract one of those 1873 closed 3's and add it as an open 3 >>



Let me guess, you got ripped?

illini420

Very cool info

ambro51

I think one of the things it points out is that San Franciso mint coins are on the same rarity level as the charlotte and dahlonega coins.

It also shows the Philadelphia 'sleepers' from the '60s and early '70s.

While San Francisco actually coined 3000 specimens in 1870, its known that 2000 were missing the mint mark. It was never made clear if these coins were melted and reminted...or if they were just let into circulation and only 1000 were actually mintmarked. This data seems to suggest that only 1000 were mintmarked.

FatMan

<< <i>I think one of the things it points out is that San Franciso mint coins are on the same rarity level as the charlotte and dahlonega coins. >>

Not true. Many of the SF dollars in XF and lower will never find their way to an auction house as they trade at less than $500. Yet the D and C mint coins make it to auction in much lower grades and as problem coins as well. To compare the rarity of the three mints on an apples to apples basis you should count only AU 55 and higher to adjust for the value differences.

ambro51

That's a very good point and would be a logical step up on this analysis. Thanks for the idea. It would be very possible to rework this search as MS coins only also. I think it will show that the San fran coins are nearly as few in overall survivors even with higher mintages. Less hype with that mint in relation to the C and D mints.

Justacommeman

wow, Ambro....I thought I was the only one with coin O.C.D. Nice research................MJ

GrumpyEd

Interesting and great work!

Did you also note the grades and prices?

BloodMan

Nice research and analysis.

This might be nice info for www.golddollarcollection.com

ambro51

I know. Give me one year on that site. Ive been getting a lot of data together, along with building the collection. Just never enough hours in the day.... Part of really figuring out these auctions will be determining what coins have been resold, to arrive at a better understanding. The nice thing with the heritage auctions is that it is a pretty good overview of ALL the coins, with some ANACS, IGC and raw added to the mix. And, along with problem free coins, quite a few that have some issues have been sold and noted. That will be a good base to determine exactly how much problems influence price. (which should be very educational).