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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 3393881, member: 18157&quot;]Having just read the article...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_dollar#War_years" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_dollar#War_years" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_dollar#War_years</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The paragraph in question is about the rarity of the 1861-D (Dahlonega) dollar coin. There were an estimated 1000 1861-D $1 coins minted...of which, only 45-60 are known.</p><p><br /></p><p>The author then states there were a few coins set aside to be assayed in Philadelphia. Since the war had begun, those coins were sent to Mongomery, AL instead. The point of mentioning that (I guess) is because those coins could still exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>The article says coins of &quot;six dollars face value&quot; were set aside for the assayer. Earlier in the paragraph, the author says they made both dollar and half eagle gold coins at Dahlonega in 1861. The &quot;six dollar face value&quot; was likely one (1) dollar coin and one (1) half eagle ($5) coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why they just didn&#039;t say that, I have no idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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