BG- 505, 1853 California Gold Rush Circulating Fractional Gold $1, Liberty Octagonal NGC MS62+ R4

Here's a more affordable piece of California Gold Rush history that was created and minted by Frontier, Deviercy & Co. of San Francisco.

The obverse displays a coroneted Liberty head facing left, encircled by 10 stars. At the rim of the reverse is found 'CALIFORNIA ★★ GOLD.' The FD mint mark--for Frontier-Deviercy--is at the bottom of the reverse. Within a beaded circle is '1 DOLLAR 1853.' NGC has graded 31 examples of this issue. There is one in MS62+ with 5 finer. PCGS has graded 105 of the BG-505. Of those, there are 0 in MS62+ with 8 finer.

Miners during the California Gold Rush. This piece was crafted with gold from the Gold Rush.