Type 2 1 Dollar Gold With Die Clash

Clashes on gold dollars are fairly common. The weak center on the reverse is also typical of the type 2 gold dollars. The type 1 dollars were considered too small in diameter to be handled easily so they increased the diameter for the type 2 making the coin thinner. But the "Indian princess" head they used was too high in relief and there frequently was not enough metal to strike up both the head and the cent of the reverse. So the middle of the word dollar and often the center two digits of the date are weak or missing. That was why the type 2 lasted such a short time before they made the head larger and lowered the relief creating the type 3 dollar.

I don't pay too much attention to grading anymore, and the pictures are not the best (I also think there may be scuffing on the holder interfering with the view), but it is at least a VF and has some claims to XF. Exact numerical grade I won't get into. I am also not good enough with gold to render an opinion on authenticity. It looks good, but I just don't know enough to say for sure.