Black Cat - Gobrecht Dollar Patterns Redbook Set (1836-1839) Coin Album
CAC - The Norweb Name Below Base 1836 Gobrecht Dollar. "The fields on both sides are deeply mirrored, surrounding devices struck well enough to educe every fine detail from the dies. The force of the strike has upset a fin or wire rim around both sides from 5:00 to 11:00. Carefully preserved since its moment of striking, this coin's featureless obverse field shows only very minor hairlines and a single small mark near the denticles just above 3:00. Several lintmarks are noted, including one immediately left of C. GOBRECHT F., another near the elbow of Liberty's pole arm, one left of the base of the cap, and another at the denticles near 11:00, parallel to Liberty's lips. The immaculate reverse shows lintmarks below A of DOLLAR and left of the star under C of AMERICA. The toning is ancient and lovely, featuring light tones of blue and rose on the obverse that appear milky gray away from a light source but erupt into a cavalcade of pastels in a direct beam. The reverse is similar but more intense, with milky gray tones yielding a spectacular range of blue, violet, and rose that bespeaks ancient and well-guarded originality."
CAC - Die Alignment III (coin turn, center of Liberty's head opposite the N in ONE). The surfaces are deeply reflective, more so on the reverse than the obverse, as always. Just the slightest hint of pinkish-lilac toning can be detected upon close examination; otherwise, the surfaces appear brilliant. Only the slightest contact marks can be detected on either side, and then they are only apparent with magnification. The strike details are full on both obverse and reverse.
