1856-D GOLD G$1, TYPE 3 AU55

LOVELY SLIGHT EVENLY WORN PLANCHET. ONLY 1,460 STRUCK. VERY SCARCE DAHLONAGA GOLD DOLLAR. A popular issue among Southern gold type collectors and others, the 1856-D is the first Type III Gold Dollar struck in the Dahlonega Mint. With an original mintage of just 1,460 pieces, this is a decidedly rare issue. In fact, fewer than 100 coins are believed to have survived in all grades - a total that establishes the 1856-D as the third rarest of the 13 D-mint issues in the Gold Dollar series. When we consider only high grades (AU and Mint State), the 1856-D is even more impressively ranked; it is the rarest D-mint Gold Dollar after only the 1855-D.