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PCGS Number: 10183 Coin Date: 1851 Denomination (Short): G$5 Denomination (Long): 5 Dollar Gold Variety: Dunbar & Co. Variety 2: K-1 Desg: MS Composition: Gold Mintage: 4 known Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Private & Pioneer Gold Coinage Years: 1851 Mint Location: San Francisco Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Liberty Head with DUNBAR & Co. on diadem, 1851, 13 stars around Reverse Description: Federal Eagle encircled by S.M.V. CALIFORNIA GOLD. FIVE D. General Notes: The Dunbar & Company half eagle is incredibly rare, with only four reported examples. The first
of these, the Smith/Brand/Lilly specimen, is impounded at the Smithsonian Institution. The Bell/Farouk/Carter specimen grades XF, and the Brand/Grandberg/Newcomer/ Walton specimen is an XF that was formerly mounted, with the initials “JW” scratched in the right obverse field. A single mint state example was discovered in Europe in the 1980s. PCGS #: 10183 NGC ID: 6J53
