This issue had a mintage of 580,000 but true Mint State examples are notably scarce, with most pieces encountered today showing considerable circulation. This is a boldly struck example with an attractive silver-gray patina and light gold accents. Well-struck, original, and appealing with just a few coins grading finer at PCGS.

Large Date. C-1. Well struck with glossy chocolate brown surfaces that display a tiny trace of red.

Well detailed with light silvery surfaces that retain a bit of mint luster.

Well struck and lustrous with semi proof-like surfaces and a faint golden hue.

A pleasing example of this scarce date with sharp detail and lustrous original toned surfaces. Just a touch of high-point friction keeps this out of a mint state holder. Only 140,000 minted with few high grade survivors.

Over 2 million minted but very few have survived in mint state. This is a nice brilliant example with vibrant mint luster and a very sharp strike. The surfaces are quite attractive with fewer abrasions than typically encountered for the grade.

One of the key dates in the series and scarce in any grade. PCGS estiamtes the mintage at 16,000 coins with 450 survivors in all grades, raw and slabbed. This is an outstanding coin for the grade with smooth problem-free surfaces that are a pleasing medium gray color. The detail is solid for a Fine-12 […]

Well detailed with a well defined head, stars, and wreath. The surfaces are lustrous and mostly white with light toning mainly at the borders.

Moffat & Co. of San Francisco struck rectangular gold ingots and gold coins. They produced $5 pieces in 1849 and 1850 and $10 pieces in 1849. The words MOFFAT & CO appear on Liberty’s coronet instead of LIBERTY as seen on regular U.S. Mint issues. This is one of the few mint state survivors of […]