John's Circs
S$1 GOBRECHT 1836-39


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: SILVER DOLLARS - GOBRECHT, ALL METALS
Item Description: $1 1836 SILVER GOBRECHT J-60 DIE ALIGNMENT I
Grade: NGC PF 58
Owner: JTO
 
Winning Set: John's Circs
Date Added: 11/23/2014
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

This is truly an original original. There has been a great deal of study on the sequencing of these dollars. One of the relatively early revelations was that the name below base, which was always assumed to have preceded the name on base, actually was a re-strike. During the original striking in December 1836, the first coins were struck. Only those of the earliest group are free from diagnostic die cracks and clash marks. This coin is free of both of the earliest die state changes. The first is a die clash that extends upward and outward from the eagle's right wing and The second is a die crack in the denticles peripheral to the second A in America. See June 2009 Numismatist Pg 55 by Dannreuther & Shalley. The upshot is that this is probably one of the first 400 coins minted and in remarkably good condition, given that they were released into the hands officials and citizens.

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