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1862 GOLD DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 7560, 7612
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,361,355
Proofs: 35
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: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the wreath on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Significant examples:
PCGS PR66 (illustrated above). From Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2061,
where it sold for $13,225.00 and was described as follows: "1862 PCGS
PR66 The Finest Certified Population: 1 with 0 higher. Features
pristine and beautiful cameo-like quality, wherein the fields are
superbly mirrored which give support to the satin frosted devices.
Examination reveals that even the letters in the legends and
denomination as well as the date digits are frosted! Die polish shows in ERTY. One of only 35 struck. Possibly 15 to 20
survive in all, several impounded, others impaired, very few in a
class with the present coin. Very few examples have been graded,
with the finest being this Proof 66. (PCGS holder 6586318)
Recent appearances:
Superior Stamp & Coin Co., Inc.'s
2/93:1277, NGC Proof 65 Cameo brought $13,750
Bowers 11/97:1174, PCGS Proof 65 "Gem
Proof". Stack's 11/94:1182 Proof.
Eliasberg:50 at $8,800 Proof.
Ex -
Superior Stamp & Coin Co., Inc.'s 5/89 sale at $10,450 Proof.
Trompeter 2/92:8, $12,100
NGC MS-66. Ex - Superior
Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March
8-9, 2001, Lot 745, sold for $2,300.00
MS-64. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000
Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7058, not illustrated, not
sold
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8806, not
plated, sold for $805.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake
Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1192, not illustrated, sold for
$805.00
NGC MS-63. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale", September
12-13, 2000, Lot 1418, sold for $603.75
MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 64, not
illustrated, sold for $402.50 From
Stack's sale of the Delp Collection, November 1972, Lot 773
MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
65, not illustrated, sold for $632.50 Purchased from Stanley Kesselman, June 8, 1971
ANACS MS-63. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin &
Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May
28-30, 2001, Lot 1216, not illustrated, sold for $414.00
NGC MS-62. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7476, "Doubled Die
Obverse", illustrated, not sold
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale",
September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1419, sold for $195.50
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre
Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 982, not plated, sold for $402.50
AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 651, sold
for $184.00
About Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale",
September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1420, sold for $195.50
AU-50. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1217, not illustrated, sold for $207.00
AU-50, Obv Dig. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long
Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5957, not
illustrated, not sold
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-67's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-66's. The
finest Proof Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single PRCA-63.
The finest Proof Deep Cameo example graded
by PCGS is a single PRDC-64. Sources
and/or recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2004" by The Professional
Coin Grading Service
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