BG- 504, 1854 California Gold Rush Circulating Fractional Gold $1, Liberty Octagonal Eagle Reverse PCGS MS61 R5-

1854 Gold $1 Dollar Liberty Head Octagonal, Low Rarity-5.

• Period One - circulating issues between 1852 and 1856.
• Redbook Type: Broad Liberty Head / Large Eagle.
• RedBook Collectors Sequence: RB-0
• Made by Frontier-Deviercy.

Obverse: Large head; 13 stars, 1st star to left of tip of bust; tip of diadem points just behind the 5th star. Same as BG-501, BG-502 and BG-503. Repolished to remove clash marks.

Reverse: CALIFORNIA GOLD 1854 above and * ONE DOL. * below, around the border.   Eagle with a shield and scroll, Same eagle device as BG-502 and BG-503. Right end of scroll points to * above DOL.

CCJ 9; EML 16; Burnie 24; Lee 7C; D 417A.

The obverse has been repolished to remove clash marks. Still lightly rusted.

1. Die State-1: Perfect reverse.
2. Die State-2: A crack from rim through left star into field, various stages of crack.
3. Die State-3: Crack extends to scroll.