Watch List notes:

UNITED STATES. California Fractional Gold. Liberty Head Round Half Dollar 1854 (Gold, 11 mm, 0.49 g, 7 h), empty wreath design. Diademed head of Liberty to left; around, eleven stars; below, 1854. Rev. HALF DOL. CALIFORNIA GOLD around empty wreath with star below. BG 431. Very rare. Light marks and with minor traces of mounting on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of P. Mattli, Switzerland.