My Early Gold Type set has grown by one.

pcgscacgold

A somewhat common date 1803/2 Draped Bust Half Eagle became available so I jumped on it. This leaves me with just the "Fat Head" Half Eagle. I know there is the Small Eagle $5 but it is out of my league in all grades and dates.

I have never personally held a Draped Bust Gold coin in all my years collecting so I can't wait to get this one tomorrow. To me this AU58CAC looks really nice and deserving of the grade. The reverse has full detail and the obverse has minimal abrasions. I think the Trueview looks great next to the others in the set. It is a common date with a CAC pop of 33 in AU58 with 47 higher. Maybe one of the other dates will come my way later in life. It would be nice to get one dated 1799 or the 1806 7x6 stars to go with this 8x5 variety. I can't wait to see it in hand and place it next to the 1811.

AU58 CAC

AU58 CAC

AU58 CAC

P0CKETCHANGE

Incredible! That is a wonderful 58.

CharlotteDude

A lovely coin, and a nice match with the Bust Left example.

pcgscacgold

@CharlotteDude said:
A lovely coin, and a nice match with the Bust Left example.

Thanks @CharlotteDude , a coin from your mint still eludes me. Missed a couple right before the run up.

Thanks @P0CKETCHANGE , glad I noticed the 0 and didn't use an O.

Crusty

Wow! Great coins

Downtown1974

Sheer beauty! Great addition to an amazing set.

RAB

Gorgeous early fives!!!

Cladiator

Smudge

Beautiful coins. Congrats.

pursuitofliberty

Gorgeous 03/2!! Just lovely!!!

Pedzola

Nice coin congrats.

JonBrand83

Wow great coins

skier07

Well done.

fastfreddie

Nice coin, nice look, nice write up!

ricko

Very, very nice acquisition. Those old gold coins are awesome. Cheers, RickO

Floridafacelifter

Nice coins and they go well together!

LukeMarshall

I really like it, Bold details and nice AU58 Grade with CAC... Great pickup and thanks for sharing

divecchia

Great pickup to go with your other two pieces!!! She is a beauty.

Congrats, Donato

pcgscacgold

Thanks to everyone for taking a look and commenting.

I still need to get my hands on an Early Gold book to determine the variety for these early coins. I wish Doug Winter had one that was in print.

lermish

@pcgscacgold said:
Thanks to everyone for taking a look and commenting.

I still need to get my hands on an Early Gold book to determine the variety for these early coins. I wish Doug Winter had one that was in print.

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Walkerguy21D

Beautiful example of a very desirable coin.

I looked into your comments about being “common “, and was very surprised to see that that the population in AU-MS is much higher than I would have imagined. Highly than probably any other denomination from that time period.
It’s wonderful that so many of these stayed in the US, and didn’t get melted later.

PeakRarities

gorgeous coins, I'm looking to score a draped bust eagle myself

pcgscacgold

@DeplorableDan said:
gorgeous coins, I'm looking to score a draped bust eagle myself

Great to hear from you @DeplorableDan Good luck.

Doug Winter (where I found this nice 1803/2) currently has a much more rare 1806 pointed 6 up for sale. He listed 50 gold coins today. Best of luck finding one.

pcgscacgold

@Walkerguy21D said:
Beautiful example of a very desirable coin.

I looked into your comments about being “common “, and was very surprised to see that that the population in AU-MS is much higher than I would have imagined. Highly than probably any other denomination from that time period.
It’s wonderful that so many of these stayed in the US, and didn’t get melted later.

It surprised me too. There are 130 of this date at CAC across all grades. Many more non-CAC but often those are worked on. It does feel strange for me to call something common when it is an R-5.9. All relative I guess. They estimate 500 across all grades are in still around.

golden

Beautiful coin!

kaz

Beautiful old gold!

asheland

Superb coins!