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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3431458, member: 101855&quot;]From the financial perspective, it is probably close to a tie between the Type I and Type II gold dollars. There are only six coins in the Type II gold dollar set, but type collectors have driven up the prices for the fairly common Philadelphia Mint coins, and the 1855-C and especially the 1855-D, with about 80 to 85 examples known, are real bears.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Type I one set has more coins, but most of them would be less expensive. The 1849-C Open Wreath is a rarity with only 4, maybe 5, pieces known, but most collectors simply call that one &quot;uncollectable&quot; because of its rarity and ignore it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are some very bueatiful Type III gold dollars from the 1880s, and a &quot;short set&quot; of those could be an option. That&#039;s what I did. For me the 1856-D and 1861-D gold dollars were the &quot;stoppers&quot; that said to me, &quot;You can&#039;t complete this set.&quot; The 1876, with a mintage of only 400 pieces, is also a &quot;stopper.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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