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In honor of gold in the 1850s ... OK now on to the 1880s
1northcoin
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GOLD $1,853.39 (+9.28)
As a sequel to the 1830s/1840s thread:
Feel free to now post your coins dated in the 1850s.
Edited to add a week later
GOLD $1,877.19 (+7.15)
- Now gold approaching $1,880.. Coins from 1850s to 1889 are welcomed for posting,
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Mr_Spud
Nice.
Here is mine:
And a Proof 1850 for comparison that is not mine:
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
Here’s two and a half…
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
@1northcoin ... Wow... Your 1850 PR is a real beauty.... I love gold coins, and that one is a really nice one. Cheers, RickO
PCGS AU53
Here’s one I haven’t shown much:
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
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11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
A shipwreck coin from the SS Central America. This one is in an NGC holder and is therefore worth less than the gold foil coins. It makes for a nice type coin, however.
One of the very first gold coins I ever saw was an 1853-D One Dollar gold piece. My mother's cleaning lady had it. I was 11 years old at the time with my 13th Edition of "The Red Book." I was able to buy every coin she had except for her gold coins. I heard that one of the men in the town where I lived offered her $50 for it. That was not a ridiculous offer in the spring of 1960.
I finally got an 1853-D gold dollar, Because of my early experience, I have always had a special place for this piece. It's also a very nice example.
This one is not sharpest 1854-D gold dollar, but it has original surfaces.
Gold at 1866 as I write.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163
Here’s my 1859d. Currently my only Dahlonega.
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
A relatively recent pickup.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
Not the best example, but I couldn’t pass at the price, and the photos don’t do it justice, looks much better in hand. Graded P40.
It’s over $1870 now 🌞
Mr_Spud
Now it’s back down in the $1860s again 🌞
Mr_Spud
Still waiting for a show to get a few imaged.
1851C PCGS XF45/CAC
1852C PCGS XF40/CAC
1858C PCGS AU50/CAC
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
I guess that didn't take long.
GOLD $1,870.86 (+3.33)
Thanks. I don't claim mine is necessarily a proof even though that is what it was described as in the 1870 James B. Longacre Estate Sale. Max Mehl in a subsequent auction (before it eventually ended up in the hands of Dr. C.W. Green) had high praise for the coin but he stopped short of deeming it a proof. I am content to agree with numismatic researcher and author Karl Moulton's having identified the coin as a "First Strike" or "Trial Piece."
The one referenced as a proof and offered in my post above for comparison (pictured in that post below my 1850) is in a Paris museum. David Hall and others who have seen it in person have described it as a proof. There appears to be a consensus that it is a proof since its origin has been traced back to a special presentation set that was made in October of 1850. Mine is described in the original Longacre Estate auction listing as having come from the first dies and could well be the first one minted given that it had been retained in the personal collection of its designer Longacre.
The first minting of the Double Eagles for circulation was at least as early as February of 1850, many months prior to the Paris specimen's minting in October.
Apologies if that was TMI (too much information.)
@ricko said:
@1northcoin ... Wow... Your 1850 PR is a real beauty.... I love gold coins, and that one is a really nice one. Cheers, RickO
Thanks. I don't claim mine is necessarily a proof even though that is what it was described as in the 1870 James B. Longacre Estate Sale. Max Mehl in a subsequent auction (before it eventually ended up in the hands of Dr. C.W. Green) had high praise for the coin but he stopped short of deeming it a proof. I am content to agree with numismatic researcher and author Karl Moulton's having identified the coin as a "First Strike" or "Trial Piece."
The one referenced as a proof and offered in my earlier post for comparison (pictured in that post below my 1850) is in a Paris museum. David Hall and others who have seen it in person have described it as a proof. There appears to be a consensus that it is a proof since its origin has been traced back to a special presentation set that was made in October of 1850. Mine is described in the original Longacre Estate auction listing as having come from the first dies and could well be the first one minted given that it had been retained in the personal collection of its designer Longacre.
The first minting of the Double Eagles for circulation was at least as early as February of 1850, many months prior to the Paris specimen's minting in October.
Apologies if that was TMI (too much information.)
The 1850 Double Eagle Proof and the Paris Museum in which it is housed:
Nice additions. Thanks all.
Impressive.
1860s now
XF 45
@Clackamas1 From the SS Central America shipwreck recovery like Billjones 1857 earlier in this thread?
Nice specimen.
Yep - All of them are I don't know about Bill's but mine is a PCGS 66+ CAC. A tick away from a 67 and why I bought it, the luster is dripping and the surfaces have that old gold look. The strike is tremendous, near zero weakness (a little on her hair) anywhere. In hand it is better looking. It is one of those coins you own that you take out and just enjoy. I have a ton of great coins, but this one is in my top 10. I simply put it on my desk and marvel. My HR Saint is another and it is a cleaned XF - but I still marvel at it.
Edited to add a week later
GOLD $1,877.19 (+7.15)
Mr_Spud
Did someone say 1880s, darn I sold all my 1880s to buy bigger gold coins
Stunning!
Officially over $1880 for the weekend!
GOLD $1,881.22 (+3.46)
And now we have hit 1900!
A new thread has been started for posting of coins dated 1900 to 1909. Hopefully someone can post their 1907 Saint Gaudens High Relief as one of the iconic coins of that decade.
My only graded gold coin at the moment
1886-S is a rather unusual common date. This is a very pretty MS-64.
Looks like we are back over $1900 again heading into the Memorial Day Weekend.
GOLD $1,902.32 (+5.13)
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