The unprecedented crossover underscores his personal efforts to combat “grade inflation.”
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:
11197
Strike Type:
Business
Coin Shape:
Octagonal
Edge:
Plain
Variety:
BG-504
Coin Date:
1854
Denomination:
$1
Designation:
MS
Coinage Type:
California Fractional Gold
Coinage Years:
1853-1876
Composition:
Gold
Rarity:
L5
PCGS #:
10481
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1854 $1 BG-504 MS
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1854 $1 BG-504 MS
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1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, MS64 PCGS. Die State III or nearly so. A popular Frontier, Devier...
$8,700
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, MS63 NGC. ...
$6,900
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, AU55 ANACS. ...
$1,800
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, MS62 PCGS. ...
$3,840
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, AU58 PCGS. ...
$3,120
1854 $1 Large Eagle Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-504, Low R.5, MS61 NGC. ...
$3,290
1854 $1 Large Eagle Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-504, Low R.5, AU53 PCGS. ...
$3,220
$1,552
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-508, High R.4, MS64 ★ NGC. ...
$2,185
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, MS63 NGC. ...
$6,025
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, AU55 PCGS Secure. ...
$2,640
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, MS62 PCGS Secure. ...
$5,040
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, AU58 PCGS. ...
$3,055
1854 $1 Large Eagle Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-504, Low R.5, MS61 NGC. ...
$2,990
1854 $1 BG-504
$1,980
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, MS63 PCGS. ...
$8,400
$3,335
1854 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, Eagle, BG-504, Low R.5, MS62 PCGS. ...
$5,280
1854 $1 Large Eagle Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-504, Low R.5, AU58 NGC. ...
$3,055
1854 $1 Large Eagle Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-504, Low R.5, MS61 PCGS. The reverse of this famous Period One issue imitates th...
$6,900
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
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
1853 $1 BG-516 MS
Worth: $20,000 – $20,000
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