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PCGS Number: 10302 Coin Date: 1849 Denomination (Short): G$5 Denomination (Long): 5 Dollar Gold Variety: Pacific Company Variety 2: K-1 Desg: MS Composition: Gold Mintage: 4 known Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Private & Pioneer Gold Coinage Years: 1849 Mint Location: California Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Liberty cap on pole in a glory of rays with 30 stars 5 DOLLARS Reverse Description: Eagle with laurel and mining hammer PACIFIC COMPANY CALIFORNIA 1849 General Notes: A total of four Pacific Company $5s have been reported, only two of which are available to collectors: the Garrett specimen, which grades choice AU, and a piece once owned by Alexander Cartwright, a sometime coin dealer, who is perhaps most famous for his contributions to the rules governing the game of baseball. One of the remaining examples is impounded at the Smithsonian Institution, having been pulled from a bullion deposit at the U.S. Mint, while the other was stolen from Willis Dupont in 1967. PCGS #: 10302 NGC ID: ANGC
