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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8474966, member: 101855"]To round things out, here are the Type I 1854 gold dollars. They were issued from three mints.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1854</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1501052[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Mintage 855,502 This is viewed as one of those common Philadelphia Mint gold dollars. It is no where near as common as the 1853 Philadelphia Mint coin which has a mintage of over 4 million. NGC graded this one MS-63, which seems a bit conservative.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1854-D</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1501054[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>mintage 2,935 With a mintage like that, you know that this one is scarce, but it's not as rare as some made it out to be in the 1960s. Walter Breen wrote that there for 25 to 30 of these coins, "perhaps less." Dave Bowers puts the number of survivors at 100 to 140.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS graded this coin EF-45. It suits me because I could buy it without having to take out a second mortgage on the house. It's just a nice, no problem, circulated example.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1854-S</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1501055[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Mintage 14,032. This gold coin was made during the year that the San Francisco Mint opened, and that's the reason I bought it years ago. It's the only 1854 San Francisco mint gold piece that is affordable, at least from my point of view. Dave Bowers estimates that there are 360 to 580 survivors. Among those Bowers estimated the Mint State population to be from 60 to 80.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC graded this one MS-62. It has some marks, but the design details are all there, and the luster is strong.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was an 1854-C listed in <u>The Red Book</u> for a number of years. The reported mintage was 4. Later it was discovered that the coins never existed. It was added to the records to correct a bookkeeping entry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8474966, member: 101855"]To round things out, here are the Type I 1854 gold dollars. They were issued from three mints. [B]1854 [ATTACH=full]1501052[/ATTACH] [/B] Mintage 855,502 This is viewed as one of those common Philadelphia Mint gold dollars. It is no where near as common as the 1853 Philadelphia Mint coin which has a mintage of over 4 million. NGC graded this one MS-63, which seems a bit conservative. [B]1854-D [ATTACH=full]1501054[/ATTACH] [/B] mintage 2,935 With a mintage like that, you know that this one is scarce, but it's not as rare as some made it out to be in the 1960s. Walter Breen wrote that there for 25 to 30 of these coins, "perhaps less." Dave Bowers puts the number of survivors at 100 to 140. PCGS graded this coin EF-45. It suits me because I could buy it without having to take out a second mortgage on the house. It's just a nice, no problem, circulated example. [B]1854-S [ATTACH=full]1501055[/ATTACH] [/B] Mintage 14,032. This gold coin was made during the year that the San Francisco Mint opened, and that's the reason I bought it years ago. It's the only 1854 San Francisco mint gold piece that is affordable, at least from my point of view. Dave Bowers estimates that there are 360 to 580 survivors. Among those Bowers estimated the Mint State population to be from 60 to 80. NGC graded this one MS-62. It has some marks, but the design details are all there, and the luster is strong. There was an 1854-C listed in [U]The Red Book[/U] for a number of years. The reported mintage was 4. Later it was discovered that the coins never existed. It was added to the records to correct a bookkeeping entry.[/QUOTE]
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