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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:
Northhampton, Massachussetts
Mintage:
2 known
Coinage Type:
Private & Pioneer Gold
Coinage Years:
1849
Composition:
Gold
Rarity:
H8
PCGS #:
10232
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