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Heritage to Auction Extraordinary Goloid
Dollar Coin!
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| For additional information, please contact: Cathy Hadd,
1-800-872-6467 Ext. 216; Cathy@HeritageAuctions.com or Greg Rohan,
1-800-872-6467 Ext. 300; Rohan@HeritageAuctions.com |
Dallas,
Texas: Heritage Auction Galleries will offer a rare 1880 $1 Goloid Metric
Dollar PR67 PCGS in their upcoming Signature Auction, to be held March 2 &
3 at the Palm Beach Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Boulevard at Florida
Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida.
"An exquisite specimen, struck in
aluminum with a reeded edge, this is a repeat of George Morgan's Coiled Hair
design that was first used in 1879, and is also similar to the Coiled Hair
design used on the four dollar stellas," said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage
Auction Galleries. "Originally issued as a part of a goloid set, only four
pieces are believed known of this design in aluminum."
"The head of
Liberty, which faces left, shows the hair braided and coiled at the back,"
Rohan said. "A band inscribed LIBERTY encircles her hair. There are 13 stars at
the border, 7 left and 6 right. The inscription 15.3 - G. 236.7 - S. 28 - C. 14
GRAMS is centered within a circle of 38 stars on the reverse. The legend UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA and the denomination GOLOID METRIC DOLLAR are above the
circle, and the motto DEO EST GLORIA and 100 CENTS are below. The reverse is
one of very few patterns to express the denomination in two different
ways."
"The surfaces are bright and undiminished by the passage of time
with no traces of oxidation," Rohan continued. "The fields are deeply mirrored
and the devices show heavy mint frost which gives the coin an unmistakable (yet
unacknowledged by PCGS) cameo effect. An essentially flawless aluminum pattern,
this is a fabulous opportunity for the specialist, one that may not be repeated
for years to come."
The 1880 $1 Goloid Metric Dollar bears a pre-auction
estimate of $50,000 and up.
Winners of the competitive exhibits hosted
by the Long Beach Coin Club were: Andrew Woodruff who took first in the U.S.
category for “The 1923 Silver Certificates” and second place for
“Casino De Isthmus City – Gaming Tokens.” First place in the
world exhibit category went to Mike Ontko for “A Sampler of Mints of
Spanish Colonial America.”
Images, descriptions, and prices
realized from all of Heritage's previous auctions are available in the
Permanent Auction Archives at the Heritage website,
http://www.HeritageAuctions.com.
To
reserve your copy of a catalog for any upcoming Heritage auction, please
contact Nicole Jewell, c/o Heritage Auction Galleries, 3500 Maple Avenue, 17th
Floor, Dallas, TX 75219, or call 1-800-872-6467, ext. 272.
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