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Issued in round and octagonal shapes, California fractional gold issues were struck to fill a void of circulating coinage in the territory. There are approximately 90 different varieties of the one-dollar denomination cataloged in the Breen-Gillio (BG) reference guide.
Catalog Information
GSID:
11463
Strike Type:
Business
Coin Shape:
Octagonal
Edge:
Plain
Variety:
BG-1120
Coin Date:
1872
Denomination:
$1
Designation:
MS
Coinage Type:
California Fractional Gold
Coinage Years:
1853-1876
Composition:
Gold
Rarity:
L5
PCGS #:
10931
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Coin Value History
1872 $1 BG-1120 MS
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1872 $1 BG-1120 MS
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1872 $1 Indian Octagonal, BG-1120, Low R.5, AU58 PCGS. PCGS Population: 6 in 58, 39 finer (11/25). ...
$750
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, MS64 PCGS. This Period Two issue made by C.F. Mohrig of San Francisco ...
$2,100
1872 Octagonal $1. BG-1120. Rarity-5-. Indian Head. MS-65 (PCGS).
$2,400
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, MS63 PCGS. PCGS Population: (10/16). NGC Census: (1/1). ...
$2,040
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, MS66 PCGS. ...
$3,995
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5 MS61 NGC. NGC Census: (1/2). PCGS Population (5/36). From The Elbe...
$940
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, MS62 PCGS. ...
$1,035
$431
1872 $1 BG-1120
$660
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, AU58 PCGS. PCGS Population: (6/38). NGC Census: (1/5). AU58. ...
$810
$4,025
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120 MS65 Deep Mirror Prooflike NGC. NGC Census: (0/0). PCGS Population: (0/0)....
$2,880
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, MS63 PCGS. ...
$2,160
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, MS61 PCGS. The anomalous obverse die with a period after the date, als...
$1,092
$1,840
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, AU58 PCGS. PCGS Population: (6/38). NGC Census: (0/4). AU58. ...
$960
1872 Octagonal $1. BG-1120. Rarity-5-. Indian Head. MS-64 (PCGS). OGH.
$4,959
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, MS63 PCGS. ...
$1,725
1872 $1 BG-1120
$1,100
Multiple Coin Lot...
$978
Undated $1 BG-501, Humbert Eagle MS
Worth: $2,250 – $13,500
1853 $1 BG-502 MS
1853 $1 BG-503 MS
Worth: $14,500 – $34,000
1854 $1 BG-504 MS
Worth: $2,500 – $8,700
1853 $1 BG-505 MS
Worth: $500 – $3,000
1854 $1 BG-506 MS
Worth: $2,600 – $16,500
1854 $1 BG-507 MS
Worth: $1,000 – $6,500
1854 $1 BG-508 MS
Worth: $400 – $3,000
1854 $1 BG-509 MS
Worth: $750 – $6,000
1854 $1 BG-510 MS
Worth: $450 – $5,500
1855/4 $1 BG-511 MS
Worth: $440 – $2,000
1856 $1 BG-512 MS
Worth: $7,000 – $7,000
1854 $1 BG-513 MS
1853 $1 BG-514 MS
Worth: $600 – $3,250
1853 $1 BG-515 MS
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