CHRISTOPHER BECHTLER
GOLD
COINS (1831-1842)One
Dollar, CAROLINA
28 Grains, N in
ONE reversed
One Dollar, N CAROLINA
28 Grains centered, No Star
28 Grains high, No Star
30 Grains
2½ Dollars, CAROLINA
67 Grains, 21 Carats
70 Grains, 20 Carats
2½ Dollars, GEORGIA
64 Grains, 22 Carats
- uneven "22"
64 Grains, 22 Carats - even "22"
2½ Dollars, NORTH
CAROLINA
75 Grains, 20 Carats
No 75 Grains, GOLD above 2.50
No 75 Grains, CAROLINA above 2.50
75 Grains on obverse, 20 Carats on
reverse
Five Dollars, CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD
140 Grains, 20 Carats - Plain edge
140 Grains, 20 Carats - Reeded edge
140 Grains, 20 Carats - No Star and C.
before Bechtler
Five Dollars, CAROLINA
134 Grains, 21 Carats - With Star
134 Grains, 21 Carats - No Star
Five Dollars, GEORGIA,
RUTHERFORD
128 Grains, 22 Carats - No Colons
128 Grains, 22 Carats - With Colons
Five Dollars, GEORGIA,
RUTHERF.
128 Grains, 22 Carats
Five Dollars, CAROLINA,
RUTHERF.
140 Grains, 20 Carats
140 Grains, 20 Carats - 20 distant from
Carats
Five Dollars, NORTH
CAROLINA
150 Grains, 20 Carats
No 150 Grains, 20 Carats
Chapman Restrike (1922)
C. Bechtler Obverse combined with a 141
Grains, 20 Carats A. Bechtler Reverse
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Notes:
There were seven distinct series of Christopher Bechtler Coinage:
First series -
July-September 1831
No weights listed; fineness shown as 20 Carats; "ASSAYER" on
obverse; "NORTH CAROLINA GOLD" on reverse
Second series - Fall 1831
Weights added (30 grains per Dollar), fineness shown as 20 Carats
Third series - Winter
1831/1832-July 1834
Same standards as Second series, but on new dies with "N CAROLINA)
Fourth series - August
1834-1840
Weights shown at 28 grains per Dollar; fineness shown as 20 Carats;
"AUGUST 1, 1834" shown on the Five Dollar pieces
Fifth series - August
1834-1840
Weights shown at 26.8 grains per Dollar; fineness shown as 21 Carats
Sixth Series - August
1834-1840
Weights shown at 25.6 grains per Dollar; fineness shown at 22 Carats;
"GEORGIA GOLD"
Seventh Series - 1840-1842
Weights shown at 28 grains per Dollar; "BECHTLER" without
"C."
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Walter Breen's
Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
"Private Gold Coins and
Patterns of the United States" by Donald H. Kagin, PhD
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