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1855/4 Gold Quarter - BG-106

Strike Type
1855 Territorial coin

Coin Details

Year
1855
Denomination
Territorial
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
California Fractional Gold (1852-1882)
Designer
Frontier, Deviercy & Co.
Composition
Gold

Auction Record

Price realized
$2,300
Sold
Grade
MS66
Auction house
Heritage Auctions

Description

This 1855/4-dated octagonal gold quarter dollar is Breen-Gillio BG-106, a Period One piece of California fractional gold. NGC lists it with a Liberty head on the obverse. PCGS gives the date as 1855/4. It is attributed to Frontier, Deviercy & Co.. Breen and Gillio put the small change that San Francisco jewelers made in 1852-1857 (1852-1856 in their first edition) into Period One; most of these pieces weigh less than the gold their face value called for (Mike Locke, 2013), but they are the ones known to have been used as money. Catalogue number: BG-106. PCGS number 10375.

Rarity Notes

R-3 (Greysheet)

Cross References

BG-106

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