$5 C. Bechtler, Assayer, with 150.G. 1831-1842

Weight

9.72 g

Diameter

NA

Thickness

NA

Material

Gold

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Plain

Technique

Struck

Front design

Denomination and purity

Back design

Weight and place of manufacture

Year of Minting

1831-1842

Ruler

NA

Mint location

North Carolina

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Coin alignment

Inscriptions

$5 | 20 CARATS | 150 G.

Context

: In the Bechtler gold series, Kagin 15 denotes a $5 variety issued by Christopher Bechtler of Rutherford County, North Carolina. This variety shows the denomination of $5 on one side, along with the fineness of the gold (20 Carats) and the weight (150 grains). In 1981, reasearcher and author, Don Kagin, gave this variety a rating of Rarity 7 (7-9 examples). Since then, additional examples have appeared and we now have auction citations for eleven different examples and images of nine of them. Most examples are fairly well-preserved. At least six AU's are known, along with two Mint State examples (the best of which is PCGS MS62 formerly of the Stephen Schechter Collection). This simple, text message of this variety is usually well struck with the notable exception of a lone PCGS AU55 that was probably struck with the dies out of parallel such that the word CAROLINA is weak as are some of the legends on the exact opposite side.

Rarity

Rare

Coin type

Bechtler (N. Carolina/Georgia) (1831-1850)

In circulation

NA

Demonetized

NA

Marketplace listings

0