SF Gold NEWP

mvs7

NEWP from Doug Winter. The 1856-S gold dollar is notable because it is the only type two gold dollar produced at San Francisco and also because it was the only type two gold dollar produced in 1856, with Philadelphia and Dahlonega having already switched to the type three design. This particular piece has interesting original green-gold color, which is challenging to find for this particular date as processed pieces are much more common. This piece is also the once-thought-rare S/S variety, with the original S clearly visible high and to the right of the second bolder S.

Boosibri

Nice coin!

carabonnair

Nice - I'm a big fan of original early San Francisco gold. I looked at a couple of these at the ANA show, but this one is really appealing.

AUandAG

Wow, nice original piece! Where's that been hiding for the past 160 years!



bob

Ablinky

A real honest looking T-2 G$1, nothing wrong with that one.

AUandAG

dupe, sry.

BustCuds

Very Nice, Congrats!

SaorAlba

Very nice, so far no gold $1 coins from SF - only O mints

steveben

that's a really nice gold dollar. it's struck well (which commands a premium) and retains a lot of detail. the 8 in the date is well defined. nice color too.

Justacommeman

Very nice snatch!



Enjoy



mark

Jackthecat1

An outstanding classic gold piece.

JJSingleton

Nice looking single year type. Congrats!

jonruns

Love it!!!

ranshdow

Yeah, as mentioned it's one of the best well struck examples I've seen of the date. And great color too.

ricko

Very nice old gold.....Cheers, RickO

HandH

Very nice branch mint dollar. Very nice color and as steveben stated, well struck. Nice pick up.

Baley

Great coin! I've always loved this issue and would like to get one someday for the reasons you mention, your example is outstanding

lkeigwin

Very nice example! Great color and nice surfaces. WTG.



I really like the type II design, and the '56-S is the one I'd want (though a '55-D would be a joy).



The middle date digits are stronger on the '56 than the '54 and '55. The Mint tweaked the design for 1856 with a shallower Liberty portrait for better metal flow.

Lance.

mvs7

Thanks for your comments, everyone. At one point in my uneducated past, maybe five years ago, I had a complete set of the seven S-mint gold dollars in PCGS AU, of which two were nice original pieces. I showed them to Doug Winter at some random Baltimore show and he quickly pointed out the two nice ones (coincidentally both bought from him previously LOL) and told me why the other ones weren't so nice. So began that education! The other five, including the processed 1856-S were sold off and I've been slowly replacing them. With this one, I'm up to five of the seven again. I've looked at dozens of 1856-S's over the past few years, and this is by far the best I've seen in the mid-AU grades in terms of strike, color, and overall appeal.