| CHARLOTTE GOLD $1 INDIAN PRINCESS HEAD - LARGE HEAD. ONLY 13,280 MINTED. MUCH
RARER AND HARDER TO LOCATE THAN MOST REALIZE. A REAL ORIGINAL BEAUTY. By 1855,
Mint officials were ready to admit that the Type II gold dollar design was a
failure. The diameter was not changed. The Indian Princess design was made
broader and placed closer to the border. The relief details were lowered to make the strike sharper. NO GOLD TYPE III GOLD DOLLARS WERE PRODUCED AT THE CHARLOTTE
MINT UNTIL 1857. The new design was no more successful than the old Type II. The
quality of strike is as bad for the 1857-C as it was for the 1855-C. Generally
the 1857-C has a very poor strike with quite weak hair. Don t look for one with
a sharp strike. The 1857-C is almost always found with severe mint-made planchet
defects. TOTAL KNOWN ONLY 300-400. EXCELLENT EYE APPEAL, SUPERB SURFACE COLORATION AND IN THE NEW CAC GREEN LABEL HOLDER ---.RARE GOLD CHARLOTTE MINT. |
