– SOLD
It’s barely two years into the blood-tinged soil that lay beneath the soldiers feet. Many of them have never seen the smell of death before their noses, or the sight of their best friends and brother lying in soil, a bullet to the chest or a limb lost to grapeshot.
It was foe against foe. Brother against brother. Sometimes father against son. Letters were written before these battles to loved ones preaching of days they’d return to one another, embracing, breaking bread with their children once more…sometimes never to be experienced again.
For numismatics, the coins often speak of the stories we can no longer hear for ourselves. Indeed, none of us could possibly imagine to live in such times, but we have worked hard enough in what society has allowed of us to appreciate those have gone before.
The 1863 Gold Dollar in Proof was struck to the tune of just 50 pieces. This extraordinary PR64+ DCAM example exhibits razor sharp detail with sharp contrast between the devices and fields. It was once owned by Dell Hansen, Billionaire Enthusiast former owner of the Real Salt Lake Major League Soccer team and a massive real estate empire. An exceptional rarity for the connoisseur.
