Name: 1850 G$5 Dubosq & Co., K-1 MS
SKU: 11772

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Dubosq & Company’s dies are the only private California gold dies from 1850 or 1851 that were not engraved by Albrecht Kuner and have long been ascribed to U.S. Mint engraver James B. Longacre. Dubosq’s $5s are incredibly rare, with only three reported examples. The first of these, the Smith/Brand/Lilly specimen, is permanently impounded in the Smithsonian Institution. The second example, once owned by Byron Reed, is now in the collection of the Omaha Public Library. The last was a holed example, which was discovered by B. Max Mehl in 1944, and subsequently repaired. Its last public appearance was in 1951.

Obverse Description

Liberty Head with DUBOSQ & Co. on diadem, 1850, 13 stars around

Reverse Description

Federal eagle S.M.V. CALIFORNIA GOLD. FIVE D.

Catalog Information

GSID: 11772

Designer: James B. Longacre

Obverse Designer: James B. Longacre

Obverse Lettering: DUBOSQ & Co., 1850

Reverse Designer: James B. Longacre

Reverse Lettering: S.M.V. CALIFORNIA GOLD. FIVE D.

Strike Type: Business

Coin Shape: Round

Edge: Reeded

Variety: Dubosq & Co.

Variety 2: K-1

Coin Date: 1850

Denomination: G$5

Designation: MS

Mint Location: San Francisco

Mintage: 2 known

Coinage Type: Private & Pioneer Gold

Coinage Years: 1850

Composition: Gold

Rarity: 8

PCGS #: 10176

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