Undated (1831-1834) Christopher Bechtler $1. K-1. Rarity-4. 30.G., Star. Reeded Edge. EF-45 (NGC). Light honey-olive surfaces are a bit soft at the upper obverse and lower reverse borders, yet boldly defined elsewhere. All major design elements are fully appreciable, and the frosty surfaces retain faint traces of the original finish. The Bechtlers were one of the earliest and most significant private minters in U.S. coinage history. Operating their establishment in Rutherford County, North Carolina, Christopher Bechtler, his son August and his nephew Christopher serviced the Piedmont region of North Carolina and Georgia -- the nations principal source of native gold prior to the California Gold Rush of the late 1840s and 1850s. This is an attractive and desirable example of one of the firms first gold dollar issues that would do equally well in an advanced gold type or date set. PCGS# 10064. NGC ID: 2B94.
