Varieties:
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-55 (illustrated above). Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 1018, "Breen
735", unsold ($18,000 "to the book")
Auctions by Bowers &
Merena, Inc. "Mory" Sale, June, 2000 at $19,550.00
"Extremely Fine
45". Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 1019 at $15,525.00
Very Fine. Ex -
Garrett Collection at $6,000.00
NGC Fine-15. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 1020, unsold ($4,500
"to the book")
Notes:
The obverse abbreviation "G.S.L.C.P.G." stands for
"Great Salt Lake City Pure Gold". However, an assay of
the various Mormon gold issues performed at the United States Mint in
1850 showed the coins to be underweight and debased. The gold for
these coins came not from Salt Lake City, nor anywhere else in Utah, but
from the gold fields of California!
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Private Gold Coins And Patterns Of The United States" by Donald
H. Kagin, PhD
"Walter Breen's
Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
