CAC. A modest 59,000 minted with most survivors being well circulated. In mint state this is a truly scarce date with many of those coins having heavy unattractive toning. This is an exceptionally nice coin for the grade with an extremely sharp strike and richly lustrous silver-white surfaces with a touch of light champagne toning. […]

Well struck with lustrous surfaces and just a touch of wear on the high points of the design.

Sharply struck with bold design elements including the stars and Liberty’s head. The surfaces are a lustrous silver-white with scattered contact marks that define the grade.

The highest mintage for any Charlotte Mint half eagle at 84,151 coins. Still, most are VF to XF, and nice AU grade 1847-C’s are truly scarce. This is a very desirable example with choice yellow-gold surfaces that retain a fair amount of mint luster.

A pleasing early New Orleans ‘Ten’ with a strong strike and lustrous original surfaces.

Well detailed with nice original surfaces.

Very scarce in any grade with a mere 6,500 minted. This is a choice original coin with solid detail and attractive lustrous surfaces.

This rarity is one of the most historically significant coins in American Numismatics. 1,389 pieces were struck from the first shipment of gold received from California after James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill on January 24, 1848. “CAL.” was counterstamped on the reverse to signify this fact. They are considered by many numismatists to […]

Similar in design to the regular $5 Liberty except Moffat & Co appears on the coronet instead of LIBERTY and the reverse has the legend S.M.V. California Gold replacing UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This nearly mint state example, of this relatively crude coin, has nice detail and plenty of light yellow-gold luster remaining.