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PCGS Number: 10054 Coin Date: (1922) Denomination (Short): G$5 Denomination (Long): 5 Dollar Gold Variety: A.Bechtler Variety 2: 141 GR, 20C, Chapman Restrike, K-30 Desg: PR Composition: Gold Mintage: 15 Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Private & Pioneer Gold Coinage Years: 1842-1852 Mint Location: Rutherford County, North Carolina Fineness: 0.8333 Designer: A.Bechtler Edge: Plain Obverse Description: 141.G. 20. CARATS. CAROLINA GOLD. Reverse Description: 5 DOLLARS. * A. BECHTLER.RUTHERFORD. General Notes: Numismatist Henry Chapman acquired a group of three different Bechtler half eagle dies, presumably from descendants of the Bechtler family. The dies included one obverse A. BECHTLER 141.G: 20.CARATS and two reverses: the C. BECHTLER RUTHERF: and the shared A. BECHTLER reverse die. In March of 1922, he had a series of proof gold “Bechtler Medals” struck from them at the Philadelphia Mint. It is now believed that 15 examples of each die pair were struck, most of which survive. <br><br>Somewhere around a dozen examples of the K-30 are known today, the finest of which is a gem proof. The Kagin-30 is a restrike of the Kagin-29 from polished dies. PCGS #: 10054 NGC ID: 2BA3
