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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26669560, member: 10461&quot;]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">United States: 1852 gold dollar, Type 1, Liberty Head</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS AU58.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/39640055" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/39640055" rel="nofollow">Cert. #39640055</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/6157" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/6157" rel="nofollow">Numista-6157</a>, Krause-Mishler-73.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 2,045,351.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex- Michael Swoveland, dba <a href="https://www.wnccoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wnccoins.com/" rel="nofollow">WNC Coins, LLC</a>, Asheville, NC, ca. 2021-2022.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">There were three types of United States gold dollars struck in the middle of the 19th century.&nbsp; This, the first (Type 1), featured a head of Liberty.&nbsp; The subsequent types (<a href="https://en.numista.com/23122" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/23122" rel="nofollow">Type 2</a> and <a href="https://en.numista.com/23120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/23120" rel="nofollow">Type 3</a>) featured different Indian Head designs.&nbsp; This type is the smallest regular issue United States coin ever struck for circulation, as it had a diameter of only 13 millimeters.&nbsp; This made it even smaller than the silver 3-cent piece (14 mm).&nbsp; The Type 2 and Type 3 gold dollars were a little bit larger (15 mm).&nbsp; All gold dollars are relatively tiny coins, and they must have been easy to lose when they were in commerce.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This particular example is just on the cusp of Mint State and has nice luster.&nbsp; I may eventually upgrade it to a fully Mint State coin, but in the meantime, I like it just fine in terms of its eye appeal.&nbsp; And I tend to like the design of these Liberty Head Type 1 coins a bit more from an aesthetic standpoint than I do the two later Indian Head types.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1701581[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701582[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701583[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701584[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701585[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">037000</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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