1860-D G$1 MS(PCGS#7556)

December 2025 Showcase Auction - The James A. Stack, Sr. Collection Part I

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

22169

Grade

AU53

Price

10,800

Lot Description

This gold dollar offers exceptional surface quality for the elusive and challenging 1860-D issue. Frosty to semi-reflective with warm golden-honey color, this example also displays impressively bold striking detail on Liberty's portrait. The reverse wreath is also crisp save for an area of bluntness at the ribbon knot, as is typical. The center on that side allows ready appreciation of all elements in the denomination 1 DOLLAR and date 1860, although the digits 86 are soft. The obverse periphery is characteristically incomplete for the issue, with the letters UN in UNITED all but absent. The offered coin is a highly desirable representative of one of the most challenging dates in this Southern gold series.<p>Production of gold dollars at the Dahlonega Mint was never extensive but took a distinct nose dive at the eve of the Civil War. In 1860 only 1,566 gold dollars were made, one of the lowest productions for the denomination at Dahlonega. Because of economic uncertainty in the midst of talk of secession, many 1860-D gold dollars were pulled from circulation soon after their release. Thankfully, this helped make the survival rate and overall level of preservation somewhat higher than for earlier Dahlonega Mint gold dollars. Even so, the 1860-D gold dollar is among the rarest from this minting facility. Only 90 to 115 specimens are thought to exist in all grades (per Doug Winter, 2023). With Mint State examples exceptionally rare, this pleasing AU example certified by PCGS will attract significant attention.