Another Early Gold $5 added to my set

pcgscacgold · November 1, 2022 1:48AM

When I showed my 1803/2 $5 Draped Bust to a friend they told me there was a typo on the slab because it was an 1805. Well, now I have an 1805 to go along with my 1803/2. Seemed like a fitting date to add to the Early gold set.

Many of you saw this 1805 pop up Monday on the Gerry Fortin Blog (along with an 1802/1 that also has sold already). Over the last year or so I have worked with Gerry to sell off some common Liberty and Indians in various denominations. I cashed them in for this AU58CAC the minute I saw her. This one looks great next to the other one that I have. I will not get all the years in this set but I can see myself searching out a few more. Especially if I find any superb examples like the one @Pedzola posted in a thread.

CAC pop is 82 in all grades, 15 in AU58 with 41 higher. I like to collect coins with under 100 total pops.

I have fallen in love with Early gold. I hope you enjoy the 217 year gold lady and older sister.

Gerry Fortin photo:

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And here is the older sister I posted a while back:

justindan · November 1, 2022 2:56AM

Great pickup. I knew by time I saw his daily blog it wasn't worth asking because both would be sold!

ricko · November 1, 2022 4:06AM

Really nice gold coins.... Great acquisitions and keepers for sure. Cheers, RickO

pcgscacgold · November 1, 2022 4:22AM

Thanks for commenting @justindan

I didn’t think they would last long either so as soon as I saw the 1805 I had to grab it.

pcgscacgold · November 1, 2022 4:31AM

@ricko said:
Really nice gold coins.... Great acquisitions and keepers for sure. Cheers, RickO

Thanks for commenting @ricko

I appreciate your thoughts and opinions.

PeakRarities · November 1, 2022 5:00AM

Great pickup, Tom. Gotta love the low pop early gold, congrats!

fastfreddie · November 1, 2022 5:23AM

Nice piece! I saw it too but too steep for me...

Pedzola · November 1, 2022 6:40AM

Congrats! Super nice! I guess I need to add another coin website to check.

psuman08 · November 1, 2022 6:47AM

Fantastic! The 1802/1 was nice too.

Cladiator · November 1, 2022 7:29AM

Outstanding addition to the collection. Quite possibly my favorite reverse design of all time.

justindan · November 1, 2022 7:37AM

@Pedzola said:
Congrats! Super nice! I guess I need to add another coin website to check.

"These are not the droids you're looking for, move along"

pcgscacgold · November 1, 2022 8:07AM

@Cladiator said:
Outstanding addition to the collection. Quite possibly my favorite reverse design of all time.

I agree. The stars representing the galaxy and the clouds are a neat part of the design. So much going on but not too much.

pcgscacgold · November 1, 2022 8:07AM

@justindan said:

@Pedzola said:
Congrats! Super nice! I guess I need to add another coin website to check.

"These are not the droids you're looking for, move along"

Now the secret is out, Sorry......

Cladiator · November 1, 2022 8:09AM

@pcgscacgold said:

@Cladiator said:
Outstanding addition to the collection. Quite possibly my favorite reverse design of all time.

I agree. The stars representing the galaxy and the clouds are a neat part of the design. So much going on but not too much.

I've always thought my perfect dream gold coin would be that reverse paired with the Capped Bust obverse design of your icon photo. That would be cool.

justindan · November 1, 2022 8:12AM

@pcgscacgold said:

@justindan said:

@Pedzola said:
Congrats! Super nice! I guess I need to add another coin website to check.

"These are not the droids you're looking for, move along"

Now the secret is out, Sorry......

I found GF from the forum posts. And have posted some coins I bought from him. No worries!

pcgscacgold · November 1, 2022 8:27AM

@Cladiator said:

@pcgscacgold said:

@Cladiator said:
Outstanding addition to the collection. Quite possibly my favorite reverse design of all time.

I agree. The stars representing the galaxy and the clouds are a neat part of the design. So much going on but not too much.

I've always thought my perfect dream gold coin would be that reverse paired with the Capped Bust obverse design of your icon photo. That would be cool.

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I agree 100% with your creation. Best I can do without photoshop

pcgscacgold · November 1, 2022 8:34AM

@Pedzola said:
Congrats! Super nice! I guess I need to add another coin website to check.

Feel free to add your 1802/1 to this thread. It is a thing of beauty.

asheland · November 1, 2022 11:34AM

Splendid pick up! I need one of those.

rec78 · November 1, 2022 1:54PM

Beautiful!
I really like the early gold coins a lot! These have always been out of my purchasing range.

pcgscacgold · November 1, 2022 1:57PM

@rec78 said:
Beautiful!
I really like the early gold coins a lot! These have always been out of my purchasing range.

They were out of mine until I started moving some things I had too many of and focused on less of better coins. I am finding my collecting goals have changed as I have aged.

rec78 · November 1, 2022 2:14PM

@pcgscacgold said:

@rec78 said:
Beautiful!
I really like the early gold coins a lot! These have always been out of my purchasing range.

They were out of mine until I started moving some things I had too many of and focused on less of better coins. I am finding my collecting goals have changed as I have aged.

Interesting that you say that, as so have mine. I just started collecting gold coins in earnest earlier this year after 63 years of collecting regular coins. (copper, nickel, silver, clad). I do have some gold coins, maybe like 12, that I acquired earlier, but nothing dated before 1834.