1849 Pacific Company 5 Dollar Gold MS K-1 Values

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Pacific Company (1849)

1849 Pacific Company 5 Dollar Gold MS K-1 Values

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1849 Pacific Company 5 Dollar Gold MS K-1 Values

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A total of four Pacific Company $5s have been reported, only two of which are available to collectors: the Garrett specimen, which grades choice AU, and a piece once owned by Alexander Cartwright, a sometime coin dealer, who is perhaps most famous for his contributions to the rules governing the game of baseball. One of the remaining examples is impounded at the Smithsonian Institution, having been pulled from a bullion deposit at the U.S. Mint, while the other was stolen from Willis Dupont in 1967.

Obverse: Liberty cap on pole in a glory of rays with 30 stars 5 DOLLARS

Reverse: Eagle with laurel and mining hammer PACIFIC COMPANY CALIFORNIA 1849

Basic Information

GSID:

11863

Coin Date:

1849

Denomination:

G$5 / 5 Dollar Gold

Designation:

MS

Mint & Coinage Details

Mint Location:

California

Mintage:

4 known

Coinage Type:

Private & Pioneer Gold

Coinage Years:

1849

Composition:

Gold

Varieties and Classification

Variety:

Pacific Company

Variety 2:

K-1

Rarity:

R-7

Physical Characteristics

Strike Type:

Business

Coin Shape:

Round

Design Details

Obverse Lettering:

5 DOLLARS

Reverse Lettering:

PACIFIC COMPANY CALIFORNIA 1849

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