Lot 653
1870-S $1 Gold Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Always popular with collectors, the 1870-S gold dollar is the last of the mint marked coins struck in this popular series. Only 3,000 were struck that year, most of which were lost or remelted. Only a few dozen survive in mint state, with most qualifying near or below this grade level. Frosty orange luster in the fields, the color is a pleasant orange-gold, totally original in appearance. Boldly impressed by the dies, and well preserved. Widely scattered handling marks, and identifiable by a tiny field mark below the I of UNITED, and a microscopic pair above the O of DOLLAR on the reverse confirm that this is the H. W. Bass, Jr. II coin, although the Bass name is not on the PCGS insert.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
From the H.W. Bass II sale, Bowers and Merena, Inc., lot 178, before that from Bowers and Ruddy's Marks Collection, November 1972, lot 979.
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| Realized $2,990 |
