Name: 1849 G$5 Mass & Cal, 16 Berry Rev., K-1 MS
SKU: 11801

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1849 G$5 Mass & Cal, 16 Berry Rev., K-1 MS

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The Massachusetts & California Company half eagle is among the rarest and most elaborately designed of all Pioneer Gold issues. Today, we know of only three gold Massachusetts and California $5s from this pair of dies, two of which reside in private collections. The finest known example is Choice Mint State and was struck from an early state of neatly polished dies, suggesting that it may have been intended as a pattern.

Obverse Description

Vaquero surmounted by an arm holding an arrow with a bear and stag on either side above a ribbon inscribed ALTA, 13 stars around

Reverse Description

FIVE D. wreath with 16 berries around MASSACHUSETTS & CALIFORNIA CO. 1849

Catalog Information

GSID: 11801

Obverse Lettering: ALTA

Reverse Lettering: FIVE D., MASSACHUSETTS & CALIFORNIA CO., 1849

Strike Type: Business

Coin Shape: Round

Edge: Reeded

Variety: Mass & Cal, 16 Berry Rev.

Variety 2: K-1

Coin Date: 1849

Denomination: G$5

Designation: MS

Mint Location: Northampton, Massachusetts

Mintage: 2 known

Coinage Type: Private & Pioneer Gold

Coinage Years: 1849

Composition: Gold

Rarity: H8

PCGS #: 10232

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