1850-O SILVER DOLLAR
PCGS No: 6938
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 40,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: 38.1 millimeters
Metal Content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: 26.73 grams
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "O"
(for New Orleans) below the eagle on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
Significant
examples:
NGC MS-64. Ex - Silverman.
"Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated". Stack's 12/2003:467, $12,650.00. "Most of
the Silver Dollars struck by the New Orleans Mint were shipped to
Latin America to pay for imports."
Recent appearances:
ICG AU-53. Ex - Heritage 05/2001:6313, $2,070.00
EF/AU. Ex- Stack's 09/2000:596, $557.75
PCGS EF-45. Ex
- Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", October 1-3,
2000, Lot 3535, not illustrated, $1,035.00
VF-30. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 42, not
illustrated, sold for $862.50
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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