Welcome to the second installment of the hit new DWN/RareGoldCoins.com feature, Tale of the Tape. The concept is simple: we take two comparable coins, and give them rigorous head-to-head comparisons.
If I had to select the Most Popular Branch Mint it would likely be Dahlonega. These gold coins have become an avidly-sought after area of the market with collectors from all over the country building sets...
This finest known 1854-D joins the finest collection of quarter eagles ever assembled; a collection I have had the pleasure of curating for over two decades.