NGC-certified gold coins from Dahlonega Mint in August sale

1840-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC MS-62.

Stack’s is offering some of the rarest issues that came out of the Georgia gold rush.

Stack’s Bowers is offering a selection of vintage U.S. gold coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) that were struck at the Dahlonega Mint, which was active in Georgia from 1838 to 1861. Online bidding for the Global Showcase Auction will begin on August 23, 2022.

The second-largest Gold Rush in U.S. history began in 1829, in the northern regions of Georgia. Nine years later, the boom led to the establishment of the Dahlonega Mint, which only produced gold coins until its doors closed in 1861. By the 1840s, gold became scarce, and prospectors headed west, chasing another gold find located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains — the California Gold Rush.

One of the stunning NGC-certified offerings in the sale is an 1840-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle — declared the finest known issue. The metal used to make this coin was found along Dukes Creek, one of the first locations that yielded gold. With deep strikes and exquisite detail, this particular coin is graded NGC MS-62, the highest graded example recorded in the NGC Census.

Other NGC-certified highlights in the sale:

an 1853-D gold dollar graded NGC MS-62
an 1858-D gold dollar graded NGC AU-58
an 1839-D Classic Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC AU-50
an 1839-D Classic Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC EF-45
an 1841-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC MS-61 and pedigreed to the Pittman Collection
an 1843-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC MS-61
an 1843-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC MS-61
an 1843-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC AU-53
an 1843-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC VF-30
an 1844-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC EF-45+
an 1847-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC AU-55
an 1847-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC AU-53
an 1847-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC EF-45
an 1849-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC AU-55
an 1849-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC EF-45
an 1850-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC AU-53
an 1851-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC EF-40 and pedigreed to the Suwannee River Collection
an 1855-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle graded NGC AU-58
an 1854-D Gold Three-Dollar graded NGC VF-30
an 1842-D Liberty Head Small Date Half Eagle graded NGC AU-55
an 1842-D Liberty Head Small Date Half Eagle graded NGC AU-53
an 1842-D Liberty Head Half Eagle graded NGC EF-40
an 1843-D Liberty Head Half Eagle graded NGC VF-35
an 1844-D Liberty Head Half Eagle graded NGC AU-53
an 1846-D/D Liberty Head Half Eagle graded NGC EF-40
an 1847-D Liberty Head Half Eagle graded NGC MS-63
an 1850-D Liberty Half Eagle graded NGC VF-30
an 1852-D Liberty Head Half Eagle graded NGC AU-53
an 1852-D Liberty Half Eagle graded NGC EF-45
an 1852-D Liberty Half Eagle graded NGC EF-40
an 1853-D Liberty Head Half Eagle graded NGC EF-40