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A new 42-D SD $5 - A coin from the North Georgia Collection
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About six months ago I acquired a fantastic 1842-D SD $5 P53 CAC from a great forum member. Today Doug Winter listed a 42-D SD $5 P55 CAC from the North Georgia collection as a part of a special offering of a complete set of Dahlonega $5's. The North Georgia Collection was one of the most expansive and finest collections of Southern gold ever assembled. Many of the coins were sold at the January 1999 FUN show with other sold through a fixed price list.
1842 was a transitional year in US gold coinage with seven variations of date and letter combinations occurring from the four mints. While not as rare as some of the other varieties (that honor goes to the 1842 Large Letters) and not the toughest variety from Dahlonega (the Large Date Large Letters is the toughest D mint $5 especially in high grade), this 42-D SDSL $5 has exceptional color and pedigree.
Varieties of 1842:
1842 Small Letters (About 50-60 extant)
1842 Large Letters (About 50-60 extant)
1842-C Small Date (About 100 extant)
1842-C Large Date (About 300 extant)
1842-D Small Date (About 300 extant)
1842-D Large Date (About 80-90 extant)
1842-O (About 60 extant)
This coin joins an 1842-D Large Date P55 CAC in my 1842 transitional collection and all of the other $5's save for the still to be acquired 42-C Large Date. Still working on a few of the $10's and one $2.5.
1842 was a transitional year in US gold coinage with seven variations of date and letter combinations occurring from the four mints. While not as rare as some of the other varieties (that honor goes to the 1842 Large Letters) and not the toughest variety from Dahlonega (the Large Date Large Letters is the toughest D mint $5 especially in high grade), this 42-D SDSL $5 has exceptional color and pedigree.
Varieties of 1842:
1842 Small Letters (About 50-60 extant)
1842 Large Letters (About 50-60 extant)
1842-C Small Date (About 100 extant)
1842-C Large Date (About 300 extant)
1842-D Small Date (About 300 extant)
1842-D Large Date (About 80-90 extant)
1842-O (About 60 extant)
This coin joins an 1842-D Large Date P55 CAC in my 1842 transitional collection and all of the other $5's save for the still to be acquired 42-C Large Date. Still working on a few of the $10's and one $2.5.
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Matt
The great forum member noted
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Awesome gold 42 date set...Congrats
Joseph J. Singleton - First Superintendent of the U.S. Branch Mint in Dahlonega Georgia
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Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
I haven't posted my quarter eagles or eagles from the set but only need four more coins in total (the 42-O $2.5, 42-C LD $5, and the 42 LD and SD $10's) for the complete gold set. I'll then continue upgrading with the 42-O $5 a likely candidate. I would like a nice mid-AU or LOVE the Milas MS63. Considering that the coin is really tough with 60 or so known, the pickings are slim and the one I own is the nicest EF I have seen.
I am also going to continue to work on establishing the provenance of many of these coins. The Philly 42's are ex Milas (SL) and ex. Jimmy Hayes/Milas (LL) but given that both are firmly in the condition census (SL #2 and LL #4- i think) and the 42-D LD is around #5, I may have a decent shot at tracing these back further. The 42-D SD $5 is obviously already tied to the North Georgia Collection and the 42-O is from the Littlejohn collection which isn't exactly an illustrious provenance but the sale was one of the most expansive in terms of gold in the last 10 years and was one of a few catalysts to the increase in western gold activity in the last 2-4 years.
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