The 24 proof replica coins contained in the $100 Million American Gold Classics Collection represent the absolute ULTIMATE dream collection of US Gold!! Even the wealthiest collector in the world could not hope to actually own all of these coins, since many of them are in the Smithsonian Institution and will never end up in a private collection.
Here is the complete list of the legendary US Gold Treasures honored by this collection:
1854-S Double Eagle: The First Double Eagle struck at San Francisco Mint & only ONE Proof is known to exist! Experts estimate its current value to be around $12 Million Dollars!
1933 St. Gaudens $20: The Most Valuable Coin in the World! Last time it went to auction, it set a world record of $7.59 million dollars.
1915-S Panama Pacific $50 “Round”: The only $50 US Commemorative Gold Coin & the largest US Commemorative in both size & denomination. Struck to commemorate the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, ‘Pan-Pacs’ are the rarest & most valuable of all US commemoratives coins.
1870-S $3 Gold: A fascinating Three Dollar Gold Piece of which only 2 said to have been struck. One has been accounted for, and sold for $687,500 in 1982. However, legend holds that the second specimen was placed in the cornerstone of an important San Francisco public building of the time. The problem is: no one knows WHICH building!! To this day, eager collectors keep their eyes peeled for news of any historic SF building being razed in hopes that the “lost” 1870-S should be uncovered!
1849 Double Eagle: The First US Double Eagle – its issuance spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. No 1849 Double Eagles were struck for circulation and only two Proofs are known.
1854-S Double Eagle: The First Double Eagle struck at San Francisco Mint & only ONE Proof is known to exist! Experts estimate its current value to be around $12 Million Dollars!
1933 St. Gaudens $20: The Most Valuable Coin in the World! Last time it went to auction, it set a world record of $7.59 million dollars.
1915-S Panama Pacific $50 “Round”: The only $50 US Commemorative Gold Coin & the largest US Commemorative in both size & denomination. Struck to commemorate the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, ‘Pan-Pacs’ are the rarest & most valuable of all US commemoratives coins.
1870-S $3 Gold: A fascinating Three Dollar Gold Piece of which only 2 said to have been struck. One has been accounted for, and sold for $687,500 in 1982. However, legend holds that the second specimen was placed in the cornerstone of an important San Francisco public building of the time. The problem is: no one knows WHICH building!! To this day, eager collectors keep their eyes peeled for news of any historic SF building being razed in hopes that the “lost” 1870-S should be uncovered!
1849 Double Eagle: The First US Double Eagle – its issuance spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. No 1849 Double Eagles were struck for circulation and only two Proofs are known.
1909-O Indian Head $5: The rarest $5 Indian ever issued and the only New Orleans Mint issue of this famous US gold coin.
1880 Coiled Hair Stella $4 Gold: Rarest of the two Stella patterns, this coin was struck and given to Congressmen, but later they surfaced in brothels throughout Washington DC, causing a national scandal! A Coiled Hair Stella recently sold at auction for $1,200,000
1907 St. Gaudens Indian Princess Pattern $20: The most coveted coin in the world! This unique pattern was St Gaudens’ personal choice for the $20 design. There is only one specimen of this pattern coin in existence! When it next comes up for sale, many believe it will shatter the record of 7.59 Million set by the 1933 Double Eagle.
1877 Barber $50 “Half Union” Pattern: The Largest US Gold Coin “Never” Struck! 2 Gold Patterns of this coin were struck, and supposedly melted when Congress refused to authorize the coin. But they mysteriously surfaced over 30 years later & were quickly confiscated back into the mint collection.
1848 “CAL” $2.50: Minted from first gold of the CA Gold Rush, these coins were struck with the notation “CAL” on the reverse – making them the first commemorative coins ever issued by a US Mint.
1861-D Indian Princess $1: Struck in Dahlonega, GA - by the Confederacy! This very rare coin bears the distinction of being the only “Rebel Gold” – a US gold coin struck by the Confederate Army. The Dahlonega Mint closed in 1861, soon after striking this coin, and would never reopen.
1870-CC $20: The first Carson City Double Eagle and the rarest and most famous CC Gold coin in history. This magnificent ‘Wild West’ coin is valued today at as much as $100,000.
1798 $5 Small Eagle: The rarest early Half Eagle, with only 7 known to exist. One coin resides in the Smithsonian, while the other six are in private collections and are not currently available at any price.
1864-S $10 Liberty Coronet: A rare Civil War gold issue with a very low mintage and important mintmark. Only 20 – 30 examples are know today, and this coin is unknown in Mint condition.
1787 Brasher Doubloon: Struck during Revolutionary War by George Washington’s neighbor, Ephraim Brasher, who was a respected goldsmith and silversmith. In 1979, a Brasher doubloon from the Garrett Collection sold at public auction for $725,000 -- a record that stood for nearly a decade as the highest price paid at auction for any American coin or related item. Only 7 known in existence – only ONE with the hallmark “EB” on Eagle’s breast.
1849-C “Open Wreath” $1 Liberty: Produced nearly 155 years ago at the United States Mint's first branch in Charlotte, this $500,000 coin has a past shrouded in mystery. Only four examples of these “King of Southern Coins” are known to exist.
1804 “Plain 4” Heraldic Eagle $10: The $10 Gold coin which is part of the famous “King of Siam” Presentation set – perhaps the most legendary coin set in history!
1907 Indian Head “Periods” $10: The US Mint originally struck these coins with periods before & after the motto and with a very technically-challenging narrow “wire” rim. Due to a host of problems caused by the rim, the mint melted all but 45 of these coins – instantly transforming them into major rarities!
1851 Humbert US Assay Office $50 “.887”: A historic icon from the California Gold Rush days. It’s estimated that fewer than 1000 specimens exist today. A unique Proof last sold in 1980 for $500,000!
1860 Pikes Peak $20: Gold was discovered on Pikes Peak in the 1850’s, sparking a gold rush that led to Colorado’s statehood. This private $20 gold coin allowed prospectors to swap their gold dust for an actual gold coin. The dies for this coin were engraved out East by an artist who had never seen the famous mountain, which is why its depiction on this coin resembles a volcanic cone, rather than a Rocky Mountain peak!
1841 Coronet $2.50: Known as the "Little Princess", the 1841 Quarter Eagle remains a coin of mystery. No mintage records exist for this 1841 coin, but it appears that only a dozen or so Proof coins were struck for private collectors at the time.
1850 Baldwin & Co. $10 ‘Horseman’: Struck by Baldwin & Co. in San Francisco during the early days of the California Gold Rush, only TWO coins are known to exist! The nickname comes from the popular design featuring a cowboy on horseback.
1850 Norris, Gregg & Norris $5 ‘Stockton’: Norris, Gregg & Norris were the first to issue private gold coins during the very early days of the California Gold Rush. Their 1849 $5 coins feature the legend “San Francisco.” But when the company moved to Stockton, Ca. the very next year, only ONE specimen is know to exist of the $5 Gold piece bearing the “Stockton” legend.
1861 $20 “A.C. Paquet Reverse”: A truly legendary rarity of the Double Eagle series, created when Mint engraver Anthony C. Paquet attempted to improve the reverse design with tall, boldly elongated lettering. Today, only TWO 1861 Philadelphia Paquet Double Eagles are known to exist!
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