BG- 505, 1853 California Gold Rush Circulating Fractional Gold $1, Liberty Octagonal PCGS MS63 R4

1853 Gold $1 Dollar Liberty Head Octagonal, initials FD on reverse. Rarity-4.

• Period One - circulating issues between 1852 and 1856.
• Redbook Type: Small Liberty Head / Value & Date in Beaded Circle.
• Made by Frontier-Deviercy.

Obverse: Smaller head than BG-501 through BG-504; 10 stars; 1st star between chin and bust point; tip of diadem points just above 4th star.

Reverse: *  CALIFORNIA  *  * GOLD, (G inverted) outside of beaded circle, initials “FD” below. 1 DOLLAR 1853 within the beaded circle.

CCJ 4; EML 6; Burnie 10; Lee 3A; D 411.

1. Die State-1: Reverse lettering intact beads bold
2. Die State-2: Reverse polished, GOLD and ORN fragmented, beads smaller.