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The Dunbar & Company half eagle is incredibly rare, with only four reported examples. The first of these, the Smith/Brand/Lilly specimen, is impounded at the Smithsonian Institution. The Bell/Farouk/Carter specimen grades XF, and the Brand/Grandberg/Newcomer/ Walton specimen is an XF that was formerly mounted, with the initials “JW” scratched in the right obverse field. A single mint state example was discovered in Europe in the 1980s.
Obverse Description
Liberty Head with DUNBAR & Co. on diadem, 1851, 13 stars around
Reverse Description
Federal Eagle encircled by S.M.V. CALIFORNIA GOLD. FIVE D.
Catalog Information
GSID:
11774
Obverse Lettering:
DUNBAR & Co., 1851
Reverse Lettering:
S.M.V. CALIFORNIA GOLD. FIVE D.
Strike Type:
Business
Coin Shape:
Round
Edge:
Reeded
Variety:
Dunbar & Co.
Variety 2:
K-1
Coin Date:
1851
Denomination:
G$5
Designation:
MS
Mint Location:
San Francisco
Mintage:
4 known
Coinage Type:
Private & Pioneer Gold
Coinage Years:
1851
Composition:
Gold
Rarity:
H7
PCGS #:
10183
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1851 G$5 Dunbar & Co., K-1 MS
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