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Name or Denominations
2½ Dollars (2.50)
Issuer
Province of Georgia (United States (pre-federal and private/territorial))
Ruler
NA
Year of Minting
1837-1842
Currency
Dollar
Shape
Round
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
4.2 g
Diameter
NA
Thickness
NA
Material
Gold
Shape
Round
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Milled
Front design
Weight and purity inscription.
Back design
Value in center.
Year of Minting
1837-1842
Ruler
NA
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
NA
Inscriptions
Obverse: GEORGIA GOLD 64.G. 22 CARATS Reverse: BECHTLER RUTHERF 2 50
Context
Two main variants: Uneven 22 (,main photos) - Kagin #11 Even 22 - Kagin #12: © Heritage Auctions 1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 64G. 22C. K-11, R.6. While Georgia-based Templeton Reid was the first notable private gold coiner of the Piedmont Gold Rush, the Bechtler family were metallurgical pioneers in North Carolina. As described in Donald Kagin's Private Gold Coins and Patterns of the United States, Christopher Bechtler, Sr. was born in Phorzheim, Baden, in 1782. (Kagin refers to Baden, in present-day Germany, as a "Grand Duchy." While this was true at the time of the Bechtler family's immigration to the United States in 1829, at the time of Bechtler Sr.'s birth, Baden was a margraviate within the decaying Holy Roman Empire.) Bechtler Sr., an expert metallurgist, brought along his sons Charles and Augustus, as well as a nephew also named Christopher. Though they initially settled in the north -- the family arrived in New York City and applied for citizenship and set up shop in Philadelphia -- within a year of arrival, they bought land in Rutherford County in North Carolina and moved down there, where they began a coinage dynasty. This 64-grain C. Bechtler quarter eagle is undated but was struck either just before or contemporaneously to the Charlotte Mint's earliest years of operation. Its orange-gold surfaces are lightly abraded but unworn and considerably reflective, especially on the denomination side. The uneven placement of the paired "2" symbols (for 22 carats) underscores what must have been rough coinage conditions, though slightly rarer "Even 22" coins were struck at the same weight limit. Listed on page 373 of the 2013 Guide Book. (NGC ID# 2B9G, PCGS# 10073)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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