1850 Half Eagle Die Trial - K-3a, Dubosq & Co., White Metal, Reverse
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- Price realized
- $5,280
- Sold
- Grade
- MS64
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
This is a one-sided white metal impression of the reverse die of the 1850 Dubosq & Co. five-dollar 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. Catalogue number: K-3a. PCGS number 10178.
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K-3a
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