1855 $50 California Gold Quintuple Eagle - Wass Molitor & Company PCGS VF Detail

VF Details and slightly repaired. We find that most surviving specimens of this classic California coin-the only round-format $50 made for circulation during the Gold Rush and the only $50 of this date generally found (a few Proof strikings were made of the legendary round-format 1855 Kellogg $50 for presentation or related purposes; today about 10 are known). Year in and year out, the Wass, Molitor & Co. $50 has been on the "most wanted coins" list of many numismatists. Perhaps 50 to 75 pieces are known to exist today, with VF, heavily marked, being the typical grade, as  is this coin. Extraordinary color and the only round $50 struck un this country until 1915.