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Gold Dollars Thread for Friday.
asheland
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It's Friday! 
Let's see some gold dollars! I'll start the thread with my only example.
A nice little type 1 in a rattler. 
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asheland
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Asheland, if you are only going to have 1, it might as well have the number "1" on it! Sweet coin and holder!
Thanks! I had to have that one when I saw it.
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Very nice coins, jwitten!
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Here is nice Type II 1855 gold dollar I spotted at a winter FUN show a couple of years ago. The grade is MS-63, and it's all there for that grade. There are lots of clash marks.
Here is a cool variety in the series.
This one cac'd: http://i.imgur.com/ranKGuj.jpg http://i.imgur.com/gS9KqlM.jpg But I stupidly cracked it and dipped it in acetone and it came back in an MS62 holder.
Here's a few from San Francisco...
Some nice dollars above. Here are a couple of tough dates from Lumpkin County GA.
PCGS AU55 CAC
PCGS AU58 CAC
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
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JJ- I never get tired of looking at those two. That 55-D is my all time fav.
Great thread and some beautiful gold coins... Cheers, RickO
Great coins guys!
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I just have one ---
WOW!
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
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Very nice $1 coins indeed
I like them very much
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WOW! again.
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
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Holy smokes on those last two!
This looks better when you see it is person. According to some sources, theh 1858-P is a sleeper date.
The Dahlonega Mint struck this on a little funky.
And one of the uglier issues in the series ... I could have spent double the price and not gotten much more coin.
Interesting rail road rim slider which is part of a short set of odd denomination New Orleans Gold that consists of the 1849-55 dollars plus the 54 3$ that slots into one year they didn't make the dollars.
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
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Here is a set of Charlotte gold dollar for you to think about
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Dahlonega Type Set-2008 PCGS Best Exhibited Set
I'm glad I started this thread. Awesome coins everybody!
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Nice set, I need a 49-C yet.
Bill- You are correct about the 57-C being one of the uglier issues of the series. Here is mine, nicer than usual but has some planchet problems on the right side obverse.
I'll bump this thread for my new type 3 from a couple of weeks ago.
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Here's my only one. 1851-D but I like it. (Clashes on these are as much fun as the little gems themselves!) Long ago Dave Bowers was selling these for $395 each for proofs in the 1880s.
@RogerB That's nice! I want a Charlotte example one of these days.
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...I know you won't like this at all but with the hits on her lips she looks like Don Jr...that resting-Trump-face look for sure
With a mintage of 2,935 coins, the 1854-D gold dollar is scarce, but it's not as rare as Walter Breen said it was back in the '60s when he said there were "possibly 25 or 30 and perhaps less." Doug Winter estimaged the population to be 100 to 125. This one is graded EF-45.
One of Breen's pet theories was the "1% rule." The idea was that roughly 1% of the mintage as survived from the first half of the 19th century unless a hoard had been found. Using Doug Winter's numbers, this coin qualifies for the "4% rule."
I think that more Dahlonega coins survived because the families back then set more of them aside as heirlooms. When I first visited Dahlonega over 10 years ago, the tourist spot places, like the Consolidated Mines mine tour and gold panning operation, had a small selection of Dahlonega coins on display in their sales cases, including a very respectable 1854-D Three Dollar Gold Piece. None of it was for sale. When I went back, no coins were on display, and when I asked the comment was, “The owners took them home years ago.”
My 1851-D gold dollar lost a knife fight around her neck and doesn't not measure up to Roger's piece. Still she does have original surfaces.
I can't wait until Friday!
Holy crap @Cardinal..........did you just have that one minted last week
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Disappointed. I opened the thread expecting to see a discussion about Sac's, N.A.'s, & Prez $1's..............
RE: "...I know you won't like this at all but with the hits on her lips she looks like Don Jr...that resting-Trump-face look for sure
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Well, I think the hair needs more grease (or lard, maybe) to capture the Don, Jr. look.
Sorry, I would go to sleep before the post popped up on my browser.
1851 O
My 1st "training" gold coin. So tiny; almost need the pathfinder...
But you should have waited one more day until it was Friday!
Here are a set of Charlotte Gold dollars the think about.
Overland Trail Collection Showcase
Dahlonega Type Set-2008 PCGS Best Exhibited Set
NEWP 1915 Pan-Pac...
