U.S. Coins
Gold Coinage
$2.50 Liberty Gold
1848 CAL. 2 1/2 PCGS AU50 (OGH) ex: D.L. Hansen
Old Green Label Holder
Eye Appeal:
Degree of Toning:
2/10
DLRC Inventory #: 1624791
Item Description:
An evenly worn, but still highly collectible example of this famous gold coin -- generally called the first of the California Gold pieces. This problem-free example is evenly worn and displays plenty of luster throughout the entire coin..
On January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall noticed some small flakes of yellow metal near the Sutter's Mill project outside Coloma, California. Marshall's discovery turned out to be gold, touching off one of the largest voluntary migration of humans the world has ever known -- the California Gold Rush.
In December 1848, the Military Governor of California, Col. R.B. Mason, sent 228 ounces of newly mined gold to the Secretary of War, William L. Marcy. Marcy forwarded the gold to the Philadelphia Mint, with instructions to use the gold for Congressional Medals for Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Any leftover gold was to be turned into specially marked Quarter Eagles. 1,389 1848-dated Quarter Eagles were struck from the California gold shipment, each one stamped with a small CAL. in the upper reverse field. The stamping appears to have been done while the coins were still in the press, as none of the obverse features appear to have been flattened.
DLRC Related Auction Data:
Title
Realized
Date Sold
1848 $2 1/2 'CAL.' NGC MS62
$60,000.00
4/3/06
1848 $2 1/2 'CAL.' NGC XF45
$28,000.00
7/21/04
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Catalog Details:
PCGS #: 7749 ()
Catalog: U.S. Coins
Category: Gold Coinage
Series: $2.50 Liberty Gold
Type: Liberty head
Years for Type: 1839-1907
Strike: Business
Denomination: Gold quarter eagle
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Composition: 90% gold; 10% silver & copper
Weight: 4.18g
Edge Type: Reeded
Mintage: 1,389
Degree of Toning: 2/10
DLRC Inventory #: 1624791
Item Description:
An evenly worn, but still highly collectible example of this famous gold coin -- generally called the first of the California Gold pieces. This problem-free example is evenly worn and displays plenty of luster throughout the entire coin..
On January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall noticed some small flakes of yellow metal near the Sutter's Mill project outside Coloma, California. Marshall's discovery turned out to be gold, touching off one of the largest voluntary migration of humans the world has ever known -- the California Gold Rush.
In December 1848, the Military Governor of California, Col. R.B. Mason, sent 228 ounces of newly mined gold to the Secretary of War, William L. Marcy. Marcy forwarded the gold to the Philadelphia Mint, with instructions to use the gold for Congressional Medals for Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Any leftover gold was to be turned into specially marked Quarter Eagles. 1,389 1848-dated Quarter Eagles were struck from the California gold shipment, each one stamped with a small CAL. in the upper reverse field. The stamping appears to have been done while the coins were still in the press, as none of the obverse features appear to have been flattened.
DLRC Related Auction Data:
Title |
Realized |
Date Sold |
|---|---|---|
1848 $2 1/2 'CAL.' NGC MS62 |
$60,000.00 |
4/3/06 |
1848 $2 1/2 'CAL.' NGC XF45 |
$28,000.00 |
7/21/04 |
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PCGS #: 7749 ()
Catalog: U.S. Coins
Category: Gold Coinage
Series: $2.50 Liberty Gold
Type: Liberty head
Years for Type: 1839-1907
Strike: Business
Denomination: Gold quarter eagle
Catalog: U.S. Coins
Category: Gold Coinage
Series: $2.50 Liberty Gold
Type: Liberty head
Years for Type: 1839-1907
Strike: Business
Denomination: Gold quarter eagle
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Composition: 90% gold; 10% silver & copper
Weight: 4.18g
Edge Type: Reeded
Mintage: 1,389
Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Composition: 90% gold; 10% silver & copper
Weight: 4.18g
Edge Type: Reeded
Mintage: 1,389
