 The other candidate for the rarest from that mint is the 1861 @-@ D , with an estimated mintage of 1 @,@ 000 and perhaps 45 to 60 known . Two pairs of dies were shipped from Philadelphia to Dahlonega on December 10 , 1860 ; they arrived on January 7 , 1861 , two weeks before Georgia voted to secede from the Union , as the American Civil War began . Under orders from Governor Joseph E. Brown , state militia secured the mint , and at some point , small quantities of dollars and half eagles were produced . Records of how many coins were struck and when have not survived . Since dies crack in time , and all the mints were supplied with them from Philadelphia , coining could not last , and in May 1861 , coins and supplies remaining at Dahlonega were turned over to the treasury of the Confederate States of America , which Georgia had by then joined . Gold coins with a face value of $ 6 were put aside for assay . Normally , they would have been sent to Philadelphia to await the following year 's meeting of the United States Assay Commission , when they would be available for testing . Instead , these were sent to the initial Confederate capital of Montgomery , Alabama , though what was done with them there , and their ultimate fate , are unknown . The rarity of the 1861 @-@ D dollar , and the association with the Confederacy , make it especially prized . 
 The other candidate for the rarest from that mint <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>the 1861 @-@ D , with an estimated mintage of 1 @,@ 000 and perhaps 45 to 60 known . Two pairs of dies <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> shipped from Philadelphia to Dahlonega on December 10 , 1860 ; they arrived on January 7 , 1861 , two weeks before Georgia<a href='been_done' title='3'><mark></mark></a> voted to secede from the Union , as the American Civil War began . Under orders from Governor Joseph E. Brown , state militia secured the mint , and at some point , small quantities of dollars and half eagles <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> produced . Records of how many coins <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> struck and when <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>have</mark></a> not survived . Since dies crack in time , and all the mints <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>were</mark></a> supplied with them from Philadelphia , coining could not last , and in May 1861 , coins and supplies remaining at Dahlonega <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>were</mark></a> turned over to the treasury of the Confederate States of America , which Georgia <a href='been_done' title='9'><mark>had</mark></a> by then joined . Gold coins with a face value of $ 6 <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>were</mark></a> put aside for assay . Normally , they would <a href='been_done' title='11'><mark>have</mark></a> been sent to Philadelphia to await the following year <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>meeting of the United States Assay Commission , when they would be available for testing . Instead , these <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>were</mark></a> sent to the initial Confederate capital of Montgomery , Alabama , though what was done with them there , and their ultimate fate , <a href='drop_aux' title='14'><mark>are</mark></a>unknown . The rarity of the 1861 @-@ D dollar , and the association with the Confederacy , make it especially prized . 
Da other candidate for tdararest from dat mint thda861 @-@ D , with an estimated mintage of 1 @,@ 000 and perhaps 45 to 60 known . Two pairs of dies was shipped from Philadelphia to Dahlonega on December 10 , 1860 ; they arrived on January 7 , 1861 , 2 weeks before Georgia been voted to secede from the Union , as the American Civil War began . Under orders from Governor Joseph E. Brown , state militia secured the mint , and at some point , small quantities of dollars and half eagles was produced . Records of how many coins was struck and when done not survived . Since dies crack in time , and alll thedants was supplied with them from Philadelphia , coining could not last , and in May 1861 , coins and supplies remaining at Dahlonega was turned over to the treasury of the Confederate States of America , which Georgia done by then joined . Gold coins with a face value of $ 6 was put aside fir assay . Normally , they would done been sent to Philadelphia to await the dalowing year  meeting of the United States Assay Commission , when they would be available fa testing . Instead , these was sent to the idaial Confederate capital of Montgomery , Alabama , though wat was done w them there , and their ultimate fate , unknown . The rarity of the 1861 @-@ D dollar , and the association with the Confederacy , make it especially prized .