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New purchase: There's gold in them thar hills! (Update grades in at PCGS)

mark_dakmark_dak Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 20, 2024 5:21AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Usually pick up small gold but pickings have been slim until yesterday. Saw this beautiful raw St Gaudens. It'll most likely end up with our hosts shortly.

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,190 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice! I’m guessing 65

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  • mark_dakmark_dak Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 19, 2022 1:04PM

    Easy 64, would love to see 65... think it could be there

  • mark_dakmark_dak Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    Very nice! I’m guessing 65

    It's pick-ups like this that keep me searching out raw gold. If it was slabbed I could never have picked it up for the price I got.

    Mark

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,096 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was thinking 65 too

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I lean to 64... but could be lighting....Would not surprise me at 65. Nice find, especially if at a good price. Cheers, RickO

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,341 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ill go 65 as well

  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,011 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks very nice - congrats.

  • sumduncesumdunce Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin. Congratulations. I am thinking MS64.

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice I’ll go MS66 I like it.



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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,148 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS64. If you get it slabbed, let us know what grade you get. B)

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  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,798 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love it! Nice pick-up.

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  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,536 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks 65 to me. Beauty!

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  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,279 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Something funky going on in the eagles feathers on the reverse. I seriously doubt 65. Maybe 64.

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  • CoinCrazyPACoinCrazyPA Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭✭

    I like the color, I say 64+

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  • FranklinHalfAddictFranklinHalfAddict Posts: 671 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fantastic looking coin. Luster looks excellent!
    I’m not super familiar with they type, but that strike looks very sharp to me also.

  • mark_dakmark_dak Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pmh1nic said:
    Something funky going on in the eagles feathers on the reverse. I seriously doubt 65. Maybe 64.

    Curious what you're seeing. Maybe a result of some distortion of my lousy cell phone picture. In hand all feathers are clean with split line through each to the feather ends.

    Mark

  • PapiNEPapiNE Posts: 313 ✭✭✭

    Nice coin and great picture. I've never seen it that close up. I really like that design.

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  • metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice! 64/65 maybe :)

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  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    looks like a super coin.. congrats..
    did you check its weight?

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  • thefinnthefinn Posts: 2,656 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice original coin. Definitely a 64+ to 65.

    thefinn
  • mark_dakmark_dak Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PapiNE said:
    Nice coin and great picture. I've never seen it that close up. I really like that design.

    Who doesn't, right?

    Mark

  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,279 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mark_dak said:

    @pmh1nic said:
    Something funky going on in the eagles feathers on the reverse. I seriously doubt 65. Maybe 64.

    Curious what you're seeing. Maybe a result of some distortion of my lousy cell phone picture. In hand all feathers are clean with split line through each to the feather ends.

    Mark

    At 3:00 in the center of that group of feathers. The lines are not well defined in the photograph.

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  • mark_dakmark_dak Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pmh1nic said:

    @mark_dak said:

    @pmh1nic said:
    Something funky going on in the eagles feathers on the reverse. I seriously doubt 65. Maybe 64.

    Curious what you're seeing. Maybe a result of some distortion of my lousy cell phone picture. In hand all feathers are clean with split line through each to the feather ends.

    Mark

    At 3:00 in the center of that group of feathers. The lines are not well defined in the photograph.

    They're all there probably the weakest part of the strike. Phone picture distorted that a bit.

    Mark

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