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1859-S GOLD DOLLAR
PCGS No: 7554
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 15,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: James Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±14.3 millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Silver and Copper - 10%
Weight: ±25.8 grains (±1.7
grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S" (for San
Francisco, CA) below the wreath on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
Significant
examples:
PCGS MS-63 (illustrated
above). Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 647
@$9,775.00,
"Better than the examples offered in the recent Harry Bass, Jr.
holdings...Identifiable by a tiny tick mark on Liberty's nose, near here
eye."
Recent appearances:
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 60, illustrated, sold for $1,725.00 From Stack's sale of March 29-31,
1973, Lot 760
NGC AU-55. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s,
"Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001,
Lot 8804, plated, sold for $1,265.00
Choice EF. Ex- Stack's "The
September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1413 at $805.00
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8803, not
plated, sold for $431.25
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2004" by The Professional
Coin Grading Service
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