1878 G$1, PL MS(PCGS#87579)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4436

Grade

MS62PL

Price

3,240

Lot Description

Exquisite mirrored fields support satiny motifs, the entire package dressed in vivid medium gold color. The devices are fully impressed and the surfaces have an uncommonly smooth appearance for the assigned numeric grade. Of interest to specialists is that this coin has been struck from slightly rotated dies, perhaps 35 degrees from normal coin alignment. Typically, great care went into the production of our nation's classic gold coins, so this variance is quite unusual. One has to wonder how many of the tiny mintage of only 3,000 circulation strikes were made before the error was discovered and corrected; we have seen a few others with this feature. This is an exceptional coin from a challenging era to collect in the circulating gold dollar series, representing one of only four grading events for the 1878 in the certified DMPL/DPL category.