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Categories • Stack's May 2006 → The May Sale → U. S. Gold Dollars → U. S. Type II Gold Dollars |
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Lot # |
Description |
Grade |
Hammer Price |
| 2176 |
1854 Type II. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated
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CH BU |
$3,000.00
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Deep red-gold lustre floods both sides of this first Philadelphia date, given added visual texture by light die clashing on either side. A crisp LIBERTY on the coronet testifies to a wholesome strike for this specimen of a lamentably short-lived Longacre design. |
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| 2177 |
1854 Type II. Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$2,000.00
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This example retains most of the lustre in the fields and has good eye appeal. Both dies show the usual clash marks in the fields, and the date is sharp. Splashes of coppery-gold toning are present on both sides. Always in demand for this short-lived type coin that never goes out of style. NGC MS61. |
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| 2178 |
1854 Type II.
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CH AU |
$400.00
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Choice About Uncirculated. This example offers a decent strike and nearly full detail including a precise LIBERTY on the headband. |
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| 2179 |
1854 Type II.
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CH EF |
$365.00
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Choice Extremely Fine. Light wear is visible on the obverse hair strands as is some minor die clashing on the reverse. Otherwise a decent example of this short-lived type. |
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| 2180 |
1855 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$2,200.00
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- nearly Choice. A very nice looking coin, with rich yellow gold color and surfaces that look almost frosty. Both sides were fairly well struck and the tops of the date numerals on the back are sharp and fully legible. The clash marks on the reverse are typical on Type II Gold Dollars. |
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| 2181 |
1855 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$4,900.00
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A lustrous example that is struck from clashed dies as evidenced on the reverse. Typically struck with the 'LL' and '8' of the date missing. All other areas are much better including a full LIBERTY. A scarce type that is always in demand. |
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| 2182 |
1855 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$1,200.00
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A bold strike results in full detail, exemplified by the sharp incuse lettering in LIBERTY on the obverse headband. A glass will reveal light die clashing in the smooth fields, particularly on the virtually Choice reverse. |
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| 2183 |
1855 Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$1,200.00
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A example boasting amazingly uniform frosty yellow-gold lustre covering both sides. Strike was forceful with a wealth of detail on the devices. Here is an ''Indian Princess'' coin of understated beauty and bold appeal. |
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| 2184 |
1855
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CH AU |
$400.00
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Choice About Uncirculated. Substantial red-gold lustre shows the limitations of actual circulation experienced by this pleasing, high quality example of a popular type. Light planchet wave and die clash further define this specimen. |
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| 2185 |
1855'C'
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VF |
$700.00
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Very Fine or better. Frosty-granular surfaces and a slightly wavy planchet join precise legend and Charlotte mintmark. This example verifies David Akers' comments about ''poor planchets and poor quality of striking'' that make this Branch Mint issue notorious and make the grading of surviving examples decidedly complicated. |
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| 2186 |
1855'O' Choice Brilliant Uncirculated
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CH BU |
$13,000.00
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Blazing canary-yellow lustre distinguishes this exceptionally high-grade example of the only New Orleans Type II Dollar and last Gold Dollar of this Southern Branch Mint. There were 77 appearances of this date in the Dannreuther-Garrett 10-year auction record, but none was offered in this high grade. This specimen is finer that our James A. Stack example and compares favorably with the... more |
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| 2187 |
1855'O'
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CH AU |
$2,750.00
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Choice About Uncirculated and quite nice for the grade. A very good strike gives this coin good eye appeal. The lustre is excellent and the surfaces do not have any major detractions to affect the value of this rare date. The only New Orleans minted Gold Dollar for this type and very desirable as such. |
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| 2188 |
1855'O'
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AU |
$1,500.00
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About Uncirculated, with abundant mint frost glowing in and around the edges of the devices and legends on both sides. Surfaces are a combination of vibrant orange-gold and lighter lavender-gold hues for ultimate visual appeal. A nearly imperceptible wave in the planchet is noted on this specimen of the only New Orleans mint issue of Longacre's first ''Indian Princess' type. |
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| 2189 |
1855'O'
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CH EF |
$1,400.00
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Choice Extremely Fine. The only New Orleans Mint Type II Gold Dollar. Some darkness on the central device is hardly a distraction. Peripheral lustre is noted on this problem-free example. |
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