1874 G$1 Gold Dollar -- Mirror Brockage on Obverse -- MS62 NGC

1874 G$1 Gold Dollar -- Mirror Brockage on Obverse -- MS62 NGC (image 1/4)
1874 G$1 Gold Dollar -- Mirror Brockage on Obverse -- MS62 NGC (image 2/4)
1874 G$1 Gold Dollar -- Mirror Brockage on Obverse -- MS62 NGC (image 3/4)
1874 G$1 Gold Dollar -- Mirror Brockage on Obverse -- MS62 NGC (image 4/4)
Pricing & History
1874 G$1 Gold Dollar -- Mirror Brockage on Obverse -- MS62 NGC. Ex: Byers Collection. A remarkable error gold coin that shows a perfect brockage of the reverse on the obverse. The story of this error began when an 1874 gold dollar (not the present coin) stuck to the obverse die after it was struck. A new planchet (to become the present lot) was then fed in, correctly centered, and struck between the reverse die and the reverse of the previously struck coin. The brockage shows nearly complete detail, down to the veins of the cotton leaves. The brockage surface is mattelike, as made, while the reverse field is prooflike. Minimally abraded and highly desirable. Ranked #9 in the Whitman reference 100 Greatest U.S. Error Coins, where it is described as the only known first-strike brockage on a gold coin. It is listed as #1 in the Brockages chapter of Mike Byers' World's Greatest Mint Errors.Ex: Pittsburgh Signature (Heritage, 10/2011), lot 4618. Grade: 62, Service: NGC, Service No.: 7575, Issue Date: 1874, Denomination: G$1
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