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Type 2 1 Dollar Gold With Die Clash

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 Posted 12/30/2019  9:57 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jbohanon to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
This is one of my dad's gold coins. I don't know how well it shows up in the photo, but I can see the outline of the head on the reverse. Clearly the reverse has the issue that the LL in DOLLAR is worn away. Is there any chance this is because of the die clash and not due to, say, solder to make this jewelry. I think those letters are opposite the cheek which might be a raised area and obliterated the letters when the clash occurred. This date has a pretty steep price curve, but I'm concerned that the condition drops it to the bullion.
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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.
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That's a relief (pun intended). I'll definitely send it in for certification. Any idea what it would grade at?
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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.
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