Charlotte $2 Gold

Image	Item ID	Description	Sales Price
	109094	GOLD 1839 C $2.50 MS61 PCGS	$28850.00
Breen 6150, Variety-22, R.4. Recut date. Second and final year of the OBVERSE MINTMARK SUBTYPE, here from the Charlotte Mint which, like New Orleans and Dahlonega, had opened the previous year, 1838. The 3 in the date is recut to the norlth of the original digit, while the 9 in the date is recut to the east. Both sides have a SERIES OF INTERESTING DIE CRACKS. The obverse has a crack that runs through the left side of the original low 3 in the date, through the later 3, upward onto the face to the earlobe. A SECOND CRACK, from a late state where the die may be close to shattering, runs from the obverse centering dot through the cheek and to star 2. Yet ANOTHER RUNS from the top of the T in LIBERTY to star 9. On the reverse, one crack runs from under the beak to near the top of the eagle's wing and onward to the rim. A second crosses from the left (facing) top shield point, through the beak and to the lower right corner of the A in STATES. A FINAL CRACK runs from the eagle's claws down through the large 2 and thence to the rim. BOTH SIDES ARE ORANGE-GOLD WITH GLINTS OF HAZEL. MINOR FIELD CHATTER AND A FEW LIGHT ABRASIONS ARE GRADE CONSISTENT, although memtionable marks are few save for a pair of parallel scrapes on the reverse, near the rim between S and OF. THIS PIECE HAS FULL LUSTER AND AS SUCH IS A RARITY, AS BOTH THE ISSUE AND THE VARIETY ARE SELDOM SEEN IN MINT STATE. Several submissions grade MS62 at NGC and PCGS COMBINED, LIKELY INCLUDING SOME DUPLICATES, IN WHICH CASE THIS MS61 PIECE MIGHT SHARE A LOWER RUNG ON THE CONDITION CENSUS. POPULATION: 1 IN 61, 1 FINER (5/11)
	130321	GOLD 1843 C XF45*$2.5 NGC	$2475.00
LARGE DATE: MORE COMMON OF THE 2 VARIETIES WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER DATE WITH A PLAIN 4 AND A LARGER MINT MARK. MINTAGE: 23,076. ALL ARE QUITE SOFTLY STRUCK AT THE CENTER OF OBVERSE. THE WEAKNESS IS MOST NOTICEABLE ON THE CURLS AROUND THE FACE. THE LETTERS ERTY IN LIBERTY ARE OFTEN VERY WEAK. THE OBVERSE PERIPHERY IS SHARP AND STARS ARE FULLY DETAILED. THE CENTRAL REVERSE IS ALSO WEAK, PARTICULARLY ON THE TOP OF THE EAGLE'S RIGHT LEG AND THE JUNCTURE OF THE RIGHT WING AND THE SHIELD. THIS ISSUE IS OFTEN SEEN WITH HEAVILY ABRADED SURFACES. SOME COME WITH MINT-MADE ROUGHNESS OR GRANULARITY IN THE FIELDS. GREAT EYE APPEAL AND LOTS OF MINT LUSTER ON THE SURFACES OF THIS ONE.
	130823	GOLD 1844 C AU53*$2.5 PCGS	$6500.00
COIN WORLD TRENDS AU50 $7,500 & AU55 $10,000. MINTAGE: 11,622. LOTS OF ORIGINAL MINT LUSTER REMAINING ON SURFACES, SUPER EYE APPEAL, ORIGINAL COLORATION.
	129677	GOLD 1848 C AU50*$2.5 PCGS	$3650.00
MINTAGE: 16,788. ONE OF THE MORE AVAILABLE CHARLOTTE MINT GOLD QUARTER EAGLES BUT RARE IN HIGH GRADES. SHARPLY STRUCK WITH BOLD DETAILS BUT WEAK ON EAGLE'S RIGHT LEG WHICH IS TYPICAL, EXCELLENT EYE APPEAL. TOTAL KNOWN ONLY 200-250! This date is prone to have heavy surface abrasions. YOU WILL LOVE THE ORIGINAL SURFACE COLORATION OF GREEN-GOLD. This is Variety 1 of 2 known.
	130681	GOLD 1858 C AU58*$2.5 PCGS	$5475.00
MINTAGE ONLY 9,056. RARE CHARLOTTE GOLD QUARTER EAGLE WITH VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ANY WEAR, SENSATIONAL DEEP ORANGE-GOLD COLORATION, LOTS OF MINT LUSTER, MORE DETAILS ON CURLS BELOW "LIBERTY" THAN USUALLY FOUND - ALL STARS EXCEPT FOR 2 ARE SHARP - TYPICAL WEAKNESS ON EAGLE's RIGHT LEG. A REALLY PRETTY AND ALL ORIGINAL WITH GREAT SURFACES. COIN WORLD TRENDS $7,000.