PCGS MS65
PCGS MS65
- PCGS #:
- 6932
- Designer:
- Christian Gobrecht
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 38.10 millimeters
- Weight:
- 26.73 grams
- Mintage:
- 110,600
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $105,750 • MS65+ • 11-15-2013 • Heritage Auctions
Major Varieties
- 1846 $1
Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More
| Survival Estimate | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 4,000 |
| 60 or Better | 140 |
| 65 or Better | 2 |
| Numismatic Rarity | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | R-4.2 |
| 60 or Better | R-7.6 |
| 65 or Better | R-9.9 |
| Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 26 / 30 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 26 / 30 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 7 / 30 TIE |
| Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 40 / 45 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 36 / 45 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 8 / 45 TIE |
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 MS65+ PCGS grade
"Colonel" E.H.R. Green - Green Estate - Partnership of Eric P. Newman & B.G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) - Eric P. Newman, who paid $10.00 - Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society - Heritage 11/2013:33516, $105,750 - Heritage 4/2014:5624, $96,937.50 - Mesquite Collection - Heritage 4/2017:4100, $79,312.50 |
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#2 MS65 PCGS grade
L.K. Rudolf Collection - Stack's 5/2003:2103, $51,750 - Bruce Morelan Collection - D.L. Hansen Collection |
#2 MS65 PCGS grade
“1994” Collection (PCGS Set Registry) |
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#2 MS65 PCGS grade
T.J. Schaefer (Noble, PA) - Floyd T. Starr Collection - Stack's 10/1992:585, $29,700 - Jack Lee Collection, III - Heritage 11/2005:2211, $97,750 - The Type Set Collection (Oliver Jung) (PCGS Set Registry) |
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#5 MS64+ PCGS grade
Heritage 4/2014:5623, $28,200 - O’Brien Collection - Legend Rare Coin Auctions 1/2018:207, $21,738 - D.L. Hansen Collection |
#5 MS64+ PCGS grade
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#5 MS64+ PCGS grade
Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Merena 4/1997:2212, $6,160 - Bowers & Merena 11/2001:4343, $6,210 - Heritage 3/2014:10465, $11,163 |
#8 MS64 PCGS grade
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#8 MS64 PCGS grade
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| #8 MS64 PCGS grade |
Coinage Context
The year 1846 was an average one in the annals of circulation strike silver dollar production.
The Assay Commission found that Philadelphia Mint silver (of all denominations, as a class) coined this year was .9013 fine, significantly above the statutory .900 (but still within the legal variation of .897 to .903), a very rare situation (see also 1846-O).
During the first six months of 1847, deposits of silver at all the mints amounted to $8,906,544.21, a greater amount than in any other entire year, with the exception of 1843. (The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1848, Boston, James Munroe & Co., 1847, pp. 114-115.)
Numismatic Information
Circulated grades: In circulated grades the 1846 is one of the more available silver dollars of the 1840s, as its high mintage would indicate.
Mint State grades: Echoing the situation of 1843, the 1846 dollar is common in worn grades but is rare in Mint State, and is exceedingly rare in grades of MS-64 or higher. In 1982, Bruce Amspacher suggested that a really nice Uncirculated coin turned up at the rate of one coin every five to 10 years. (Article, "Liberty Seated Dollars," in the Monthly Summary, Coin Dealer Newsletter, July-August, 1982.)
Varieties
Circulation strikes:
1-6. Normal Date: Breen-5435. At least six minor obverse varieties are known, all having slightly different positional relationships to the base of Liberty and denticles. Some have repunching at 18.
Circulation strike mintage: 110,600; Delivery figures by month: June: 73,000; July: 28,000; November: 9,600.
Estimated quantity melted: Unknown
Characteristics of striking: Usually very well struck and very pleasing in appearance.
Known hoards of Mint State coins: None
Commentary:
The 1846 dollar, plentiful in worn grades, is seldom seen in Mint State.