A well detailed and attractive example of this better date.

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Plenty of original luster with great eye appeal.

Well struck and lustrous with a pleasing orange-gold and dove-gray patina. A challenging date with a mintage of 46,110.

Arrows and Rays. Intense silver-gray luster flows over very sharply struck surfaces and displays excellent eye appeal. Marks are trivial and few. Arrows and rays were added to the existing design in 1853 to denote a reduction in silver content. The following year, the rays were eliminated but the arrows remained. The result was this […]

A pleasing early gold eagle with solid detail and remnant luster.

The U.S. Assay Office was located in San Francisco and was the forerunner of what would become the San Francisco Mint. They struck $10, $20 and $50 gold coins. This beautiful ‘Twenty’ is sharply struck with minimal abrasions and vibrant yellow-gold mint luster.

C-1. Sharply struck and lustrous with gorgeous rich chocolate surfaces.

CAC. Sharply struck with satiny lustrous surfaces. Devoid of marks and spots with glossy soft olive-brown and a touch of red in the protected areas of the design. Fantastic quality!