1850 Dubosq & Co. Gold Half Eagle
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $27,600
- Sold
- Grade
- MS63
- Auction house
- Stack's
Description
This is the 1850 Dubosq & Co. five-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. A mixed lot of the coins worth $1,000 assayed at .887 fine. Catalogue number: K-1. PCGS number 10176.
Cross References
K-1
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