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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:
11398
Strike Type:
Business
Coin Shape:
Octagonal
Edge:
Plain
Variety:
BG-1109
Coin Date:
1871
Denomination:
$1
Designation:
MS
Coinage Type:
California Fractional Gold
Coinage Years:
1853-1876
Composition:
Gold
Rarity:
L4
PCGS #:
10920
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Coin Value History
1871 $1 BG-1109 MS
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1871 $1 BG-1109 MS
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1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, AU55 PCGS. PCGS Population: (17/72). NGC Census: (4/4). ...
$540
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, MS61 NGC. NGC Census: (2/0). PCGS Population: (9/49). ...
$780
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, MS62 PCGS. ...
$600
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, VF35 PCGS. PCGS Population: (4/96). NGC Census: (0/9). ...
$336
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, AU58 PCGS. PCGS Population: (14/58). NGC Census: (2/1). ...
$456
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, MS63 PCGS. Ex: Bass. PCGS Population (13/9). NGC Census: (0/0)....
$1,586
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, MS64 PCGS. ...
$2,115
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, VF30 PCGS. PCGS Population (3/93). NGC Census: (0/10). (#10920)...
$347
$949
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, XF45 NGC. NGC Census: (1/3). PCGS Population (2/83). (#10920)...
$546
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, MS60 PCGS. Blended apricot and lime colors enrich this crisply struck...
$1,092
$400
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, AU55 PCGS. PCGS Population: (17/72). NGC Census: (3/3). ...
$408
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, MS61 PCGS. A bright yellow gold representative, reasonably struck and...
$978
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, MS62 PCGS. PCGS Population: (26/22). NGC Census: (0/0). ...
$1,116
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, VF35 PCGS. PCGS Population (3/87). NGC Census: (0/3). (#10920)...
$532
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, AU58 PCGS. PCGS Population (14/52). NGC Census: (1/4). (#10920)...
$632
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, MS63 PCGS. ...
$978
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, MS64 PCGS. ...
$2,070
1871 $1 BG-1109
$418
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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