BG- 809, 1871 California Fractional Gold 25C, Liberty Round PCGS MS67 R4-
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TOP POP coin at PCGS-! Tied at NGC. Collectors Universe priced at $3,850. PCGS has graded 117 mint state examples of this variety--and this piece is the finest.
An 1830s German or French vintage coin screw press that once belonged to Frontier & Deviercy in their jewelry shop in San Francisco. Photo courtesy Stacks Bowers.
Don Kagin, the author of Private Gold Coins and Patterns of the United States (1981), explains how these coins were produced:
Most of the fractional coins were made by the hammer method.... This was a process of striking where the bottom die was placed on a block, a coin blank was laid upon it, and the top die upon the blank; this top die was then struck by a sledgehammer. Blows of varying intensity would cause potions of one side or edge to be more weakly struck than another.
| PCGS # | 10670 |
|---|---|
| Grading Service | NONE |
| Year of Issue | NONE |
| Grade | NONE |
| Denom Type | N/A |
| Numeric Denomination | 25C |
| Mint Location | NONE |
| Designation | NONE |
| Circ/UnCirc | Not Specified |
| Strike Type | N/A |
| Holder Variety | BG-809 |
| Grade Add On | NONE |
| Holder Type | N/A |
