Your opinions on terittorial gold.

oldcameoproofsguy

No doubt many of the issues are super rare and are quite expensive but are they being overlooked? I think that I am being bitten by the private issues bug. Do any of you collect these? I'd like some insight on these interesting pieces of American history.

michael

i like them but you need lotsa money
a great deal of patience and holding times sometimes for years and years
and fully original eye appealling coins

all the above combinations make for a great collection and money not lost but all the above combinations together would be a rare bird indeed! a super rare bird

sincerely michael

michael

also for demand you need supply and there is not enough of a supply of eye appealling original coins

maybe for some there is an exception to the above rule like slugs!

sincerely michael

everyone needs a slug in their type sets............lol

slug = 50 dollar gold coins and not the modern ss central america restrikes...........lol

oldcameoproofsguy

Many of the designs of these coins are quite crude but there are some that are incredible. The Kellog & Co San Francisco $20 is stunningly beautiful. I would be happy with a short set consisting of the 1854 and 1855.

michael

that was a great post mike!!!!!!! i had a monster kellogg 0ver 20 years ago i wish i had kept it!!!!!!!!!!

sincerely michael

oldcameoproofsguy

I was very glad to see this thread die with little to no participation. It was actually something that I was hoping for.

To me it means that territorial gold is very much overlooked. No one having an opinion on these coins means that few people have an interest or desire to collect these coins. When collecting rarities the key is to collect the ones that are being overlooked. A great coin is one that has both rarity and beauty. Granted, these coins command a high price but imagine what they'd be worth if there was even just a little more interest in them.

Like I have said before, most of the designs are quite crude but there are some that are very beautiful, like the Kellog that Michael once owned. Kellog $20

EVillageProwler

I love territorial gold. I don't have any, but when I get around to collecting another series, I'd choose either territorial gold or early half eagles. I figure I'll a small number each year, and slowly build up my collection.

This series is so fascinating; it is replete with history. Unlike a typical series, like Seated Dollars or Barber Quarters, the history to them is but a small chapter.

For territorial gold, the history can fill a volume!

EVP

homerunhall

Territorial gold has always been a rich man's market. But on a relative basis...say the cost of an average territorial gold coin (whatever that means) versus the coin market in general, these coins are cheap now. They were very expensive relative to everything else in the 1960s and 1970s. The one negative is they really don't fit the current "Pop-top"/Set Registry market mentality.

Territorials have tremendous historical importance. There's lots of value here.

I also like Hawaii and the Philipines.

David

prooflike

I like terr. gold, it just is way out of my league pricewise.

Gemini

I love those fifty dollar gold slugs...what a hefty coin.

CarlWohlforth

I like the California fractional gold. I was looking at these for a while. Very historical. Very small! But I had to focus and these didn't become my main focus...