Commemorative Gold

(1903-1926)

The gold Classic Commemorative series is a short, but challenging set. There are 13 different issues, but two—the Round and Octagonal Panama-Pacific fifty dollars—are rare and valuable. High grade examples of all early gold commemoratives are elusive and very desirable.

The first United States gold commemoratives were issued in 1903 for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, held the following year. Two varieties were struck: one with a bust of Thomas Jefferson, president at the time of the Louisiana Purchase, the other with William McKinley, the president who approved the exposition. A mintage of up to 250,000 gold dollars was authorized, but at $3 a piece the number sold was far lower. Each issue had a final distribution of 17,500 examples, and in 1914 the remaining lot of 214,000 coins was melted.

Although the 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition coins were a mixe.... (Expand Text)

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1903 JEFFERSON G$1, LA PURCH-JEFFERSON PR67 Cameo PCGS

GEM FLASHY CAMEO. ONLY 100 STRUCK. MAYBE THE FINEST ONE IN A PCGS HOLDER.
$45,000.00

1903 JEFFERSON LA PURCHASE PR66+ Cameo PCGS

GEM CAMEO PROOF. ONLY 100 STRUCK. JUST ONE GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS.
$35,000.00

1915-S GOLD $50, PAN-PAC OCTAGONAL MS64 PCGS

PANAMA-PACIFIC OCTAGONAL. GEM LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONLY 645 ORIGINALLY STRUCK.
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1915-S GOLD $50, PAN-PAC OCTAGONAL MS64 PCGS

OCTAGONAL. PANAMA PACIFIC. GEM SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONLY 645 STRUCK.
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1915-S GOLD $50, PAN-PAC OCTAGONAL MS65 NGC

OCTAGANOL. PANAMA-PACIFIC. GEM FLASHY LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONLY 645 STRUCK.
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1915-S GOLD $50, PAN-PAC OCTAGONAL MS65 NGC

OCTAGONAL. GEM LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONLY 645 ORIGINALLY STRUCK. AN ICONIC NUMISMATIC TREASURE FROM THE PANAMA- PACIFIC EXPOSITION.
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1915-S GOLD $50, PAN-PAC ROUND MS65 PCGS

ROUND PANAMA-PACIFIC. GEM CREAMY LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONLY 483 STRUCK. JUST A DOZEN GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS.
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