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AU58 NGC (# 1800807018)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $2,620

ESTIMATE: $1,700

MIN. BID W/O BP: $1,400

CONDITION NOTES: Bright yellow semi-reflective luster, sharp detail, no discernible marks and negligible evidence of wear

COMMENTS: 41,267 $1.00 gold pieces were produced at this antebellum branch mint in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Image) (image2)

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AU58 NGC (# 664241002)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $2,620

ESTIMATE: $1,700

MIN. BID W/O BP: $1,400

CONDITION NOTES: Brilliant reflective yellow luster and exceptionally strong strike of obverse, some softness in reverse, tiny mark on cheek, faint marks on reverse including one more pronounced contact mark to the right of "1", overall eye appeal is well above grade

COMMENTS: 41,267 $1.00 gold pieces were produced at this antebellum branch mint in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Image) (image2)

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MS63 PCGS (# 84944735)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $1,750

ESTIMATE: $1,100

MIN. BID W/O BP: $850

CONDITION NOTES: Beautiful honey-gold with toning on reverse, from the New Orleans Gold Hoard (PCGS)

COMMENTS: 290,000 $1.00 gold pieces were minted at New Orleans in 1853. (Image) (image2)

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MS63 NGC (# 1633975001)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $4,000

ESTIMATE: $2,600

MIN. BID W/O BP: $2,000

CONDITION NOTES: Deep gold satiny luster, better than usual strike, obverse with well-defined feathers in crown, reverse with sharply defined year, barest traces of contact in fields

COMMENTS: The $1.00 Type II "Small Head" gold dollar was a short-lived issue, from 1854 to 1856. (Image) (image2)

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AU58 NGC (# 4496119001)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $5,030

ESTIMATE: $3,250

MIN. BID W/O BP: $2,500

CONDITION NOTES: Honey-gold with mostly sharp detail, one or two trivial marks, from the New Orleans Gold Hoard (NGC)

COMMENTS: 1855 was the last year $1.00 coins were minted at New Orleans. 55,000 pieces were produced and widely circulated. High-grade examples in About Uncirculated or Mint State are scarce (NGC 173/71). (Image) (image2)

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AU50 PCGS (# 14640067)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $390

ESTIMATE: $225

MIN. BID W/O BP: $180

CONDITION NOTES: Deep matte gold with greenish hue in fields, decent strike and negligible wear but "Liberty" in crown is very faint, still a solid About Uncirculated piece

COMMENTS: 527,150 mintage at Philadelphia in 1861, the first year of the Civil War. (Image) (image2)

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MS61 PCGS (# 5474130)

CDN/CPG® VALUE: $481

ESTIMATE: $275

MIN. BID W/O BP: $220

CONDITION NOTES: Brilliant reflective yellow luster and strong strike, faint contact mark in field to the left of bust, an MS61 piece that surpasses many others in higher grades

COMMENTS: 1,361,355 mintage at Philadelphia in 1862. (Image) (image2)

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