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1850 Dubosq & Co. Gold Eagle

Strike Type
1850 Territorial coin

Coin Details

Year
1850
Denomination
Territorial
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
California Gold (1849-1855)
Composition
Gold

Auction Record

Price realized
$480,000
Sold
Grade
MS60
Auction house
Heritage Auctions

Description

This is the 1850 Dubosq & Co. ten-dollar gold piece. Theodore Dubosq, a Philadelphia jeweler, reached San Francisco in 1849 with machinery for coining. In 1850 he went into partnership with Goodwin, and coins stamped DUBOSQ & CO. followed; a published account of private coinage to March 31, 1851 credits the firm with $150,000. The coins copy the federal Liberty head with DUBOSQ & CO. on the coronet and an eagle with S.M.V. CALIFORNIA GOLD. Humbert's assay in March 1851 found them .880 fine. Adams gives the ten-dollar pieces an average weight of 262 grains. Catalogue number: K-2. PCGS number 10179.

Cross References

K-2

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