1857-D G$1 MS(PCGS#7546)
1857-D G$1 MS (PCGS#7546)
Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3107
- 等级
- MS61
- 价格
- 132,297
- 详细说明
- A particularly noteworthy example of this low mintage rarity in the Type III gold dollar series. Mint State in preservation, both sides exhibit frosty luster and modest semi-reflectivity in the fields. The color is a pretty blend of deep olive-honey and brighter golden-orange shades. The strike is characteristic of the issue, both sides bold to sharp apart from the hair curls over Liberty's brow, the headdress, central reverse and ribbon, which are all more or less softly defined. Remarkably free of sizeable or otherwise singularly distracting marks for both the issue and the assigned grade. As one of the finest certified by NGC, the offered coin is solidly in the Condition Census for the 1857-D. It would serve as a focal point in any gold dollar set or specialized collection of Southern gold coinage.<p>Specialists David Akers and Doug Winter agree that the 1857-D is one of the most underrated of all Type III gold dollars. The mintage is greater than for the 1854-D, 1855-D and 1856-D, yet still tiny at 3,533 pieces with survivors much scarcer than generally realized. Perhaps just 225 examples are known today in all grades, and Mint State coins are very much in the minority. The issue ranks ninth in high grade rarity among Dahlonega Mint gold dollars, and it is more elusive in AU and Mint State grades than the 1849-D, 1851-D, 1858-D and 1859-D.