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NEWP: 1900 $5 Gold Liberty Half Eagle

MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 29, 2021 5:04AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I just picked this pretty little $5 piece. Looks original and AU to me.
Thoughts, opinions are welcome.
1.4 million mintage on this date...


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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,301 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice! Looks like it's AU55 or 58 on a good day.

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  • JimTylerJimTyler Posts: 3,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bite into it make sure it’s gold.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking AU coin in AU55...(see what I did there?) ;) Cheers, RickO

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 22,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice pick up! 👍

  • pcgscacgoldpcgscacgold Posts: 2,617 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice. Always fun finding gold.

  • LazybonesLazybones Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice AU. In numismatics, there's pre-1933 gold then there's everything else... B)

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  • JJMJJM Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Au 55

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  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 29, 2021 9:01AM

    58 CAC. Nice pickup

    A "B" coin, solid but unexciting from the moment it left the dies.
    We've all seen a few .worse in a 61 holder. If so, likely dipped

    It's a hollow request because the value-added of a TPG grade is, at this quality level, less than the cost of grading. With images not created, it'd be hard to find much useful imagery of a P-mint AU55 (or 58 or 61) "B" from '00-'02. If this were a better date (spread-wise) 55 "B" coin in a rattler, It would have been cracked long ago

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,115 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice appealing skin on that one.

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 21,881 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JimTyler said:
    Bite into it make sure it’s gold.

    Worst that happens is it's chocolate!

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  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @airplanenut said:

    @JimTyler said:
    Bite into it make sure it’s gold.

    Worst that happens is it's chocolate!

    Or you break a tooth.

  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU58

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    High AU.

  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,897 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very NICE high AU!

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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 9,953 ✭✭✭✭✭

    👍🏻⭐️

  • kazkaz Posts: 9,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    choice AU, looks like it has nice rose-gold color if I'm reading the photos right.

  • streeterstreeter Posts: 4,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Listen to the colonel.
    Here's my take. Worn die, chatter, wear.
    50

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  • KoveKove Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin. CACable at 55, but I'd leave it raw.

  • mark_dakmark_dak Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Kove said:
    Nice coin. CACable at 55, but I'd leave it raw.

    Kind of agree... probably AU58 but I have quite a few with similar mintage that I have left unslabbed. Never seen a bad piece of pre-1933 gold. I'd have grabbed it at a small premium over gold if I had crossed paths with it.

    Mark

  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,650 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the comments all. It's just going into the 50 gallon drum with the rest of em'. Not interested in having it graded...

  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU-58?

    Nice luster but too much going on to be a 58. 55 at best

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