1853-C ONE DOLLAR - GOLD
PCGS No: 7522
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 11,515
Proofs: 0
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±12.7
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±25.8 grains
(±1.7 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "C"
(for Charlotte, NC) below the wreath on the reverse
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Images courtesy of The
Charlottegold Company
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-63's.
Significant examples:
PCGS MS-63 (illustrated
above). Part of the
"North Georgia Collection" of Southern Gold coins in January,
1999 by Heritage Numismatic Auctions.
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 32, illustrated, sold for $7,475.00
Purchased from Abe
Kosoff, August 1973
NGC AU-58. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s,
"Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001,
Lot 8787, plated, sold for $2,300.00
EF-40. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5945, not illustrated, sold
for $1,150.00
Very Fine. Ex- Stack's
"The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1373, sold for
$230.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2004" by The Professional
Coin Grading Service
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