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1848 "CAL" Quarter Eagle

HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,201 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Does anyone know the provenance or have any comments on the 1848 CAL Quarter Eagle now listed on the Whitlow website:

1848 CAL


You don't see these historically interesting coins on the market very often.
Higashiyama

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  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just curious. What price did Whitlow quote you or anyone else who asked? It is listed as Price on Request. Seems like this would be an easy coin to counterfit by just adding "CAL." Also also curious if there are any unique features besides the word "CAL" to look for?
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Those are very interesting coins. The gold was from the start of the California gold rush and the CAL stamp was added by hand while the coins were still in the die.

    Since there were just a little over 1,000 made, I would expect (I don't have any references to check) that there was probably only one set of dies used, and one counterstamp, and that would provide sufficient diagnostics to confirm authenticity.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Yes, there are diagnostic traits which allow these to be correctly authenticated. Given that this is in a PCGS holder, I think you are safe.

    This would be an awesome coin to own. Great history.
    Tom

    NOTE: No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

    Type collector since 1981
    Current focus 1855 date type set
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The most commonly referred to characteristic is that the period after CAL is square. Of course, that would also be easy to counterfeit, but most counterfeiters miss that.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • ScarsdaleCoinScarsdaleCoin Posts: 5,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    my guess is that you are looking at a $20,000 dollar coin...its a great one...really is the first US commemorative...big history behind the coin...I did a presentation on this coin a few years back at a coin club...if anyone wants more history just email me...dont want to bore the world on it...you dont see this type of storybook coin for sale...if anyone gets the por please post I would be interested...PS: my own gripe is that por is a waste of time...just post the price
    Jon Lerner - Scarsdale Coin - www.CoinHelp.com
  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    This is a coin board. Please post the detailed information on the coin. For folks who don't want to read, they can skip it. For people like me who are interested, they can read and save it to their heart's content.

    Tom
    Tom

  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,201 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It looks like the coin sold quickly?! It is no longer listed!
    Higashiyama

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