Lot 2847
1849 Norris, Gregg & Norris (San Francisco) $5 Gold. Reeded edge. . Breen-7792, Kagin-3. PCGS graded VF-20. A smoothly worn Very Fine with excellent color, choice surfaces and rims, unusual quality in a slightly more worn Territorial, a coin that practically leaps out at you to bid. About the roughest surface area is at the center of the side with the 1849 date. Half eagles were struck by the firm Norris, Gregg and Norris in San Francisco (and some rare ones with the Stockton imprint as well). These were among the earliest California gold rush private gold pieces and usually did yeoman's duty in circulation before many were later melted for reminting into other private gold coins or (after 1854) into standard Federal double eagles and such. Variety with a reeded edge, no period after ALLOY. For further information on this early minter, numismatists are directed to the definitive work on the subject, the book Private Gold Coins and Patterns of the United States by Dr. Donald Kagin (PCGS # 10282) .
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
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