| MINTAGE 9.803 TYPE TWO GOLD DOLLAR. In 1854, the mint changed the size and the
design of the gold dollar. The design copied the new Three Dollar introduced in
1854. MINTED in CHARLOTTE for ONLY ONE YEAR. It was abandoned in 1856 due to
design flaws. The Obverse relief was too high and the planchets were too thin to
bring up all of the obverse details during the striking process. The
1855-C gold dollars are plagued by mint-made planchet problems. EXTREMELY POPULAR COIN and RARE IN ALL GRADES and VERY RARE IN AU55+. PCGS HAS ONLY GRADED
26 COINS HIGHER THAN AU53. From an old collection.- |
