Bill Jones' Tiny Gold Princesses
1851-C
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
GOLD DOLLARS |
| Item Description: |
G$1 1851 C |
| Full Grade: |
PCGS MS 63 |
| Owner: |
BillJones |
Owner Comments:
The 1851-C is the most common Charlotte Mint gold dollar in the set. It is also the one Charlotte date that is the easiest to find in Mint State. Unlike other years, the Charlotte mint prepared the dies properly and produced many high quality planchets for this issue.
That is not to say that finding an attractive example of this coin is easy in the current market. It still takes some digging. I learned about this piece from a search engine on the Internet; found out that the dealer who had it had traded it to another firm. I was finally able to track that dealer down so that I could acquire this piece.
The present example is attractive and sharp on the obverse. The reverse was struck from a later die state and shows some weakness in the date at certain angles. It is still a very attractive example of a Charlotte mint gold dollar.