1851 GOLD 1$
I tried to put this info on my coin in the MY COLLECTIONS section but was unable to make it work. I said in my blog dated May 6 that I would tell some more about this coin, so here it is. Sorry for any confusion.
TYPE
U.S. Coin
NAME
Liberty Head
DATE
1851
MINT
Philadelphia
DENOMINATION
One Dollar
GRADING_SERVICE
NGC
GRADE
UNC DETAILS IMPROPERLY CLEANED
COMPOSITION
Gold
MINTAGE
3,317,671
CATALOG_REFERENCES
Red Book
NOTES
This coin was designed by James B. Longacre. It's weight is 1.672 grams. It's composition is 90% gold and 10% copper giving it a net weight of .04837 oz. of pure gold. it has a diameter of 13 mm with reeded edge. As you can see, this is a very tiny coin. I can imagine it was very easy to lose this coin. This design, known as the Liberty Head, was made from 1849-1854. As I stated in my blog about this coin, I purchased it in this graded state to get into a coin design I wanted but couldn't afford at the time, in a problem free state.
Comments
Mike
Level 7
Thanks for the pictures. They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
Kellen
Level 5
Nice coin!
Joebear
Level 4
Wonderful piece of history. It could have been handled by Mark Twain or James Marshall!
Coinfox441
Level 4
wow! awesome!!!
Coinfox441
Level 4
user_7180
Level 5
Thanks for the story, stats and pictures!
user_5225
Level 5
Thanks for the info.... Nice coins.
user_5225
Level 5
I meant coin.
CMCC
Level 5
That is quite a coin!
Quarter quiz dude
Level 5
cool!
Ian Fenn
Level 5
likewise :Thanks
Kepi
Level 6
Thanks Longstrider...I tried to check this out on Your Collections, but was not able to view it there.