1852 Gold Dollar

HBCC#:

6021

Breen#:

n/a

BD#:

n/a

Judd#:

138

Pollock#:

165

This dollar pattern was quite similar in basic concept and layout to the annular or ring-form cents minted a few years earlier. With discoveries of gold in California, it was found desirable to employ a gold dollar in the channels of commerce. Gold dollars had already been issued during the three previous years, however this annular form allowed a greater diameter, thereby alleviating concerns of many that the diameter of gold dollars was much too small. This pattern design is known in gold, silver, copper, copper-nickel alloy, and nickel. Only about six or seven silver examples are known.

Provenance:

Purchased from Julian Leidman, May 30, 1972, apparently through Michael G. Brownlee and the Goliad Corporation.

Obverse:

USA above, date below a central hole.

Reverse:

A circle of laurel leaves around central hole.

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