Whitman Expo
1851 Dunbar & Co. 5 Dollar Gold MS K-1 Values
Details
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: Liberty Head with DUNBAR & Co. on diadem, 1851, 13 stars around
Reverse: Federal Eagle encircled by S.M.V. CALIFORNIA GOLD. FIVE D.
Basic Information
GSID:
11774
Coin Date:
1851
Denomination:
G$5 / 5 Dollar Gold
Designation:
MS
Mint & Coinage Details
Mint Location:
San Francisco
Mintage:
4 known
Coinage Type:
Private & Pioneer Gold
Coinage Years:
1851
Composition:
Gold
Varieties and Classification
Variety:
Dunbar & Co.
Variety 2:
K-1
Rarity:
R-H7
Physical Characteristics
Strike Type:
Business
Coin Shape:
Round
