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  Here is an 1881 gold dollar. The gold dollars of the 1880s were the last of their kind, and the mintages were low. This piece has a mintage of 7,620 pieces. The low mintages resulted in many Proof-like strikes. Sometimes it's hard to tell the Uncirculated coins from the Proofs. This one is a business strike. Edited by billjones
04/13/2016 08:00 am
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Probably has a little pool of luster under this dollar that dripped from the coin.
I agree with 66, and it's close to PL.
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Geez, gorgeous coin. Well done Bill!
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Boy oh boy! I'll say 66 as well.
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I agree it looks MS66 easily. Actually it is hard to see any flaws in the images.
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since I am consistently over grading your coins, I'm going with MS65 even though it looks 66.  |
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I think this is a proof, not PL. Whether Proof or Mint State, it's 66 all day long and every Sunday too.
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Last of its kind? I thought they stopped minting this variety in 1889 not 1881.
Anyhow, very nice coin. I'll say MS-66.
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Incredible luster and sharpness. Hard to see how it can be less than MS-66.
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Anything that high grade is tough to determine with pics. I'll go ahead and say it....... 67!!
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Last of its kind? I thought they stopped minting this variety in 1889 not 1881.
I fixed that. I met to say the gold dollars of the 1880s were the last of their kind. |
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Posted 04/12/2016 12:12 pm
