Hateful, filthy Republica Mexicana gold new arrival

Weiss

You know the line from Pulp Fiction when Christopher Walken is describing where he hid Butch's dad's watch?

Fresh from HA:

coinsarefun

Oooo, always loved these!

OldEastside

Hehe If that coin could talk

Steve

bidask

Boy that coin is dirty gold !

Weiss

HA's images:

Abuelo

I like it very much. Congrats.

mkman123

love the dirty gold look

Boosibri

Congrats, nice crusty gold

asheland

I don't think you could improve those surfaces! I love that color!

Timbuk3

Wow, very nice, congratulations !!!

Weiss

One of those cases where they had 5 or 6 similar pieces, all with estimates not much higher than melt.

All of them sat there for a week with no interest and no bids--except for the one I bid on, which I subsequently lost. So I bid on a couple of the others. But they were just too girl-next-door compared to this bad, bad girl. When I lost those I think I actually breathed a sigh of relief.

I decided to watch the live auction and threw in a cut bid at the last second and won her. But man. I had to pay way higher than the "melt+" I wanted to pay.

asheland

I like the non-prong holder, too. I think this is an example where the white surrounding actually compliments the orange color.

Weiss

@asheland said:
I like the non-prong holder, too. I think this is an example where the white surrounding actually compliments the orange color.

Also shows it's a stable piece. That's an NGC generation 7, which was only used from 1997 until 2000. So it has looked that nasty and funky for 20 years give or take

asheland

I like that particular holder. My T2 Gold dollar is in one.