Name: 1851 G$5 Dunbar & Co., K-1 MS
SKU: 11774

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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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