Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . UNITED STATES GOLD DOLLARS. In 1849 the first gold dollar was issued, andcontinued annually until 1886, although thenumber during the past few years has been ex-tremely limited. There were two varieties ofthe gold dollars—viz., the large thin and thesmall thick planchets. The latter bear date 1849to 1854, inclusive, and the former 1854 to1886, inclusive. The rarest of the gold dollarsis the 1875 issue ; the next in rarity 1876 and 1877 ;after which we have the 1864, 1865, 1866 and 1868. Values as follows, in very
Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . UNITED STATES GOLD DOLLARS. In 1849 the first gold dollar was issued, andcontinued annually until 1886, although thenumber during the past few years has been ex-tremely limited. There were two varieties ofthe gold dollars—viz., the large thin and thesmall thick planchets. The latter bear date 1849to 1854, inclusive, and the former 1854 to1886, inclusive. The rarest of the gold dollarsis the 1875 issue ; the next in rarity 1876 and 1877 ;after which we have the 1864, 1865, 1866 and 1868. Values as follows, in very fine condition,1849 to I854> inclusive, $ to $ each; 1855to 1863, inclusive, $ to $ each ; 1864, un-circulated, $ ; 1865, uncirculated, $; 1866and 1868, uncirculated, each $; 1875, un-circulated, $3; 1876 and 1877 each #, uncircu-lated; 1884, 1885, 1886, each proofs, $ others $ to # each, fine to UNITED STATES HALF DOLLARS. The 1838 half dollar represented above, hav-ing the mint designation O, meaning thatthe coin was struck at the mint in New Orleans,is one of the rarest of the series of half dollars. The rarest United States silver half dollar isthe 1853, without arrows at the date sides ; therebeing but one known. The example was origin-ally owned by B. T. Walton, Messenger of abank in Pennsylvania, who picked it up in thesummer of 1881 in his collections, and sold itto J. Calvin Randall of the same State fortwenty-eight dollars. This piece was purchasedwith Randalls silver collection in 1884, by Woodward of Boston, and subsequently soldby public auction in New York City for up- wards of a hundred dollars, and stands to-day asthe only one of its class properly are 1853 quarter dollars without arrows atthe date sides, but these do not rise in fictitiousvalue, when in uncirculated condition, beyondten dollars, while a fair specimen can be had forthre
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