Lot 4900
1903 Louisiana Purchase-Jefferson Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lightly toned with reflective surfaces. Only 17,500 minted. The legislation originally to strike this commemorative called for Jefferson's portrait. But when President William McKinley was gunned down in 1901 at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, the organizers quickly authorized his portrait as a memorial to make a two-coin set. This piece, with Jefferson, has a pleasant, almost cheery gold satin frost display of lots of fresh gold color. It is interesting to see, as well, that it was struck from well-prepared dies that imported a sound and in point of fact, a bold design. A bold Gem (PCGS # 7443) .
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100.
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