Bidspirit auction | ***Major Highlight*** 1883 Gold Dollar

***Major Highlight*** 1883 Gold Dollar TOP POP! TY-III $1 ms69 SEGS (fc) - ***Major Highlight*** 1883 TOP POP! TY-III Gold Dollar $1 ms69 SEGS. A spectacular Gem Mint State for the connoisseur who demands absolutely the finest available. Note the blazing mint luster throughout, the strong strike and the rich coppery-gold color. Now put a strong loupe over the coin and begin the futile quest for handling disturbances. Nary a nick or tick is found, and this very coin is about as close to perfection as one could hope to find. Given the paltry mintage of 10,800 pieces, it is easy to understand that such a radiant Gem would have few competitors in such a lofty grade. If you demand the absolute finest, then here is one to obtain and put away.The country was in a bit of an upheaval when this coin was struck. President James A. Garfield had narrowly won the election of 1880 and entered the White House in early 1881. In July of that year an embittered attorney shot Garfield, severely wounding him and he died two months later. That swept Chester Arthur into the Presidency in 1881. Arthur demonstrated that he was above factions within the Republican Party, and seemed to go against long standing friendships with those who wanted political favors of him. In 1882 the Arthur Administration enacted the first general immigration law. Arthur approved a measure in 1882 to exclude ”paupers, criminals and lunatics” from entering the country. Congress also suspended Chinese immigration for ten years, later making this restriction permanent. By 1883 Congress passed the Pendleton Act, which established a bipartisan Civil Service Commission, which made certain Government positions obtainable only through competitive written examinations and protected employees against removal for political reasons. Arthur also tried to lower tariff rates to reduce the annual surpluses collected, but Congress in turn raised as many tariff limits as he cut. Arthur helped push through Congress the Tariff Act of 1883, but this hurt certain Westerners and Southerners who flocked to the Democratic Party to redress this slight. Arthur lost the next election, as the political winds turned against him. Considering how distrusted Arthur was at the time he entered the White House, by the time he left he had earned much respect from both parties as an able administrator A Key Date's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away, you might not find its equal Coin. I give this coin my highest recommendation