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Categories • Stack's May 2006 → The May Sale → U. S. Pioneer Gold |
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Lot # |
Description |
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Hammer Price |
| 2619 |
(1834-1837) $5.00. C. Bechtler, August 1, 1834. Kagin 19, Stack 15 (High R-6)
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AU |
$10,500.00
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About Uncirculated and nearly Choice. Similarly inscribed with the date of the U.S. Treasury's planned change to lower weight, place of striking is abbreviated RUTHERF. This reverse shows .G./20. positioned very tightly together. Pleasing red-gold lustre survives around the sharp lettering for bold visual effect. NGC AU53. |
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| 2620 |
1852 $50.00. Augustus Humbert, U.S. Assayer. K.11 (R-5)
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EF |
$12,000.00
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Extremely Fine. The scroll over C.C. Wright's Defiant Eagle is inscribed 887 THOUS, edges are reeded on this final ''Slug'' struck by the U.S. Assayer. The reverse is the standard Humbert engine-turned ''target.'' Wear is evident on the reliefs and both sides show the scattered marks in the soft metal that are so frequently encountered on these massive gold pieces. |
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| 2621 |
1853 $20.00 United States Assay Office of Gold. K.18
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CH AU |
$3,900.00
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Choice About Uncirculated. Intact crossbars appear in the A's in the obverse legend. Substantial bright yellow lustre enlivens the orange-peel surfaces. There is a very small square of smoothing in the field over the eagle's head, otherwise this handsome coin is in delightful overall condition. |
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| 2622 |
1855 $20.00. Kellogg & Co. Short Arrowheads. K.3a/b. Breen 7920
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AU |
$5,000.00
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About Uncirculated or thereabouts. Rich wheat gold surfaces display little actual wear but rather exhibit the signs of extensive loose storage with other coins, leaving numerous small bagmarks on both sides. This fate was not uncommon to these workhorse early California gold coins. Surfaces were lightly wiped and brightened in the past, but the overall appeal and charm of this Gold... more |
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