Lot 1501
1854-D $2.50 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Better than average strike and untoned. Slightly prooflike in areas. Brilliant golden color. A high-end About Uncirculated specimen that surely ranks in the top dozen finest known. In fact, this probably could have been called Mint State without fear of contradiction in earlier years before the advent of third-party grading. The 1854 date is deeply impressed into working die. Positioned high and into the truncation, also many raised die lines are seen around the border, and lumps and irregularities are observed between stars 8 and 9, near star 10, and between stars 11 and 12. Such attributes, variations of which exist on other dies, make Dahlonega coins fascinating to collect. On the reverse the upper part of the mintmark overlaps the tail feather. This die was employed earlier in 1852 and 1853.Only 1760 coins minted. Pop 2; 10 finer (PCGS # 7771) .
Estimated Value $12,000 - 13,000.
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