1868 G$1 MS(PCGS#7567)

1868 G$1 MS (PCGS#7567)

The January 2012 Americana Sale

Losbeschreibung: 1868 Gold Dollar. MS-68 (PCGS). CAC. An especially outstanding exemplar of the date and grade combination, frosty and lustrous with exceptional eye appeal. The deep honey gold surfaces are satiny in the fields with a modicum of reflectivity here and there, and the boldly rendered design motifs speak for themselves. Easily among the finest survivors from a mintage of 10,500 pieces. A total of 121 gold dollars of all three types have been graded MS-68, the highest concentration of those in the 1880s; for those keeping score, just seven examples, again among all three types, have been graded finer than MS-68. The in-hand quality of the present coin is nothing short of fantastic, and magnified scrutiny does nothing to dispel the notion. This impressive -- and important -- 1868 gold dollar would be the crowning achievement to a Type III gold dollar set, an advanced U.S. gold type set, or an ultra-high grade PCGS <em>Registry Set.</em> We suspect the next steward of this little golden treasure will be extraordinarily proud of this piece.