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Name or Denominations
1855 $20 Wass, Molitor & Co. Large Head
Issuer
United States
Ruler
NA
Year of Minting
1855
Currency
Dollar (1792-date)
Shape
Round
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
33.44 g
Diameter
39 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Gold
Shape
Round
Edge Type
Reeded
Technique
Struck
Front design
Portrait of a woman facing left, wearing a cap.
Back design
Eagle with wings spread, holding arrows and an olive branch.
Year of Minting
1855
Ruler
NA
Mint location
Philadelphia
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Coin alignment
Inscriptions
WASS MOLITOR & CO. | PHILADELPHIA | TWENTY D. | 1855
Context
: The Large Head 1855 Wass, Mollitor & Co. $20 is an extremely rare coin, known by only four examples. One of them resides in the National Numismatic Museum at the Smithsonian Institution. The location of two examples remains unclear today, though they are known to have existed in the Yale and duPont collections. A fourth example, from the Carter Collection (sold in 1984), reappeared in 2014 and was discovered by researcher Wayne Burt to be a different die variety. This new variety was designated as Kagin 8a. On Kagin 8, the tip of the eagle's wing points to the F in FRANCISCO; on Kagin 8a, the wing tip points to the left side of the R in FRANCISCO.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
California Gold (1849-1855)
In circulation
NA
Demonetized
No
Marketplace listings
0
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