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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26674117, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><b>United States: 1855 gold dollar, Type 2, Small Indian Head</b></b></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS AU58.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40989236" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40989236" rel="nofollow">Cert. #40989236</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/23122" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/23122" rel="nofollow">Numista-23122</a>, Krause-Mishler-83.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 758,269.</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">The Type 2 gold dollar, minted for only two years between 1854 to 1856, is the toughest of the three US gold dollar types to acquire.&nbsp; Mintages were small, with only the 1854 (783,943) and 1855 (758,269) having been produced in six-figure quantities.&nbsp; As such, this, the 1855, is the second most &quot;common&quot; date for the type, but it is still a scarce coin like all Type 2 gold dollars are.&nbsp; This type was superseded by the <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> (1856-1889), which featured a larger, redesigned Indian head design.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Graded AU58, it is right on the threshold of Mint State.&nbsp; I might upgrade to a fully Mint State example later, but if I do, that will definitely be expensive.&nbsp; I did get this piece for an attractive price when I bought it around 2021 or 2022.&nbsp; It is not a perfect example- it has a weakly struck date and there are a few minor reddish copper spots- but the latter do not bother me at all.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t help that these images, including the PCGS TrueView, were shot through the plastic of the slab, which is a bit cloudy in places.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1701903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701904[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701905[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701906[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701907[/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">060000</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">&nbsp;</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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