I was offered a nice 1851 50.00 gold coin today.......................

BigE · January 28, 2004 8:50AM

...........guess what happened and I will send you a nice VF 1887-O Morgan

------------------------------------BigE

Louis · January 28, 2004 8:55AM

It was a $20 ?

Stuart · January 28, 2004 8:57AM

Either it was a fake, or when they told you the price and you realized that you'd have to take a 2nd mortgage out on your house you declined the offer.

ms70 · January 28, 2004 9:01AM

It was a 1991.

BigE · January 28, 2004 9:04AM

Nope. But because it's a slow Wednesday you can guess as many times as you like

-----------------------BigE

itsnotjustme · January 28, 2004 9:08AM

It was a 100 mil silver replica?

shanks82 · January 28, 2004 9:09AM

they wanted cash and you only had a credit card?

Stuart · January 28, 2004 9:11AM

Someone either gold plated an 1851 Silver Dollar and altered the "one" to read "50", or they gold plated an 1851 half dollar and altered the "half' to read "50".. ??

Wondo · January 28, 2004 9:12AM

You bought it!

shanks82 · January 28, 2004 9:13AM

it was actually a golden chocolate coin and you figured it out when you did the gold bite test? hehehehe

BigE · January 28, 2004 9:15AM

Nope

---------------- BigE

1234567890 · January 28, 2004 9:16AM

It was a chocolate repleca...

A bad one at that...

[edit]But it was tasty...

RYK · January 28, 2004 9:17AM

It was a nice 1851 gold $1 with a hole in it offered to you for $50.

Stuart · January 28, 2004 9:18AM

It was a foreign gold coin with 50 in the denomination ??

agentjim007 · January 28, 2004 9:21AM

It was a $5

nucklehead · January 28, 2004 9:26AM

If it was a phone solicitor I hope you told them to stick it.

Bobk · January 28, 2004 9:31AM

Decimal point in the wrong place.

BigE · January 28, 2004 9:32AM

Stuart is close----------------------BigE

BigE · January 28, 2004 9:34AM

You must guess the country----------------------BigE

Stuart · January 28, 2004 9:34AM

You were offered a foreign 50 xxx Denomination Brass or bronze coin that was not even real gold ??

JohnZ · January 28, 2004 9:47AM

Mexican 50 peso.

johnk · January 28, 2004 9:48AM

it was a English coin

BigE · January 28, 2004 9:49AM

John Z got it

----------------------BigE(PM address)

Stuart · January 28, 2004 9:50AM

Big E: I thought about a Mex 50 Peso, but I didn't think that they made them way back in the 1850's -- I thought that they were 8 Escudos back then ??

BigE · January 28, 2004 9:54AM

The question now is what is a "circulated" 1851 $50.00 Mexican gold worth? I have to drive 500 miles to Sacramento to get it

---------------------------------BigE

Stuart · January 28, 2004 9:56AM

Why can't they just ship it to you ??

BigE · January 28, 2004 9:59AM

Stuart, You may be right, I dont know-was there a Mexican 50.00 gold back then?--------------------------BigE

LALASD4 · January 28, 2004 10:29AM

Mexican 50 Pesos Gold Coins were minted from 1921 to 1947

LALASD4 · January 28, 2004 11:03AM

It must be the 1851 Augustus Humbert $50.00 gold piece issued by Moffat & Co. It was accepted as legal tender on par with standard U.S. gold coins.

BigE · January 28, 2004 11:07AM

Stuart is right, I just checked with the ultimate authority on Mexican coins, and there was no 50.00 gold in 1851

, there was only the 8 Esquedos as Stuart said so Stuart is the winner---------------------BigE(Stuart PM me your addy)

mgoodm3 · January 28, 2004 11:15AM

I'm closer, I can get it first. It's all mine.

JohnZ · January 28, 2004 11:19AM

It must be the 1851 Augustus Humbert $50.00 gold piece issued by Moffat & Co. It was accepted as legal tender on par with standard U.S. gold coins.

LALA is probably closer to the mark than anyone else. As he said, Mexican 50 peso gold coins were only minted during a brief period of the 20th century, according to the 2004 Krause at any rate. I gave the "peso" answer without bothering to look it up first.

There must be a "50" somewhere on the coin in order for the seller to confuse it with "50 dollars," and California Gold is a distinct possibility.

BigE · January 28, 2004 11:19AM

mgood, anytime you are in Bandon stop by-------------BigE

LALASD4 · January 28, 2004 11:38AM

The 1851 Augustus Humbert $50.00 gold piece does said "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FIFTY DOLLAR" on the the reverse.

BigE · January 28, 2004 11:41AM

JohnZ, I am going to call the seller tomorrow to find out more details. He just told me a 1851 50.00 gold along with some other US GOLD he wanted to sell, I assumed Humbert also, but then he told me it was Mexican, thats why I may have to drive-----------BigE

LALASD4 · January 28, 2004 11:45AM

California belong to Mexico before so it could be Mexican

BigE · January 28, 2004 11:54AM

OK, so I will send silver $$$ to Stuart, JohnZ and LALA, it is the only fair thing to do, then I will get the low down on this coin in the morning. The moral to the story is don't have a contest until you know what you are talking about, or unless you want to find out what you are talking about

--------------------------BigE

JohnZ · January 28, 2004 11:59AM

No need to send me anything, but this is a fascinating thread, and I would like to know the outcome of the mystery.

I'm not always around the boards because of a heavy work schedule, so when you find something out, could you please PM me BigE?

Stuart · January 28, 2004 12:00PM

BigE: Did you say that the contest winner gets the 1851 $50 Gold Piece ??

LALASD4 · January 28, 2004 12:09PM

The 1851 50 dollar gold piece sounds good, or if you ran out you can send the 1915s

ANACONDA · January 28, 2004 12:15PM

...interesting..... today i just bought my first 1852 Humbert $50 slug (887) in PCGS VF25.

I was offered a nice 1851 50.00 gold coin today.......................

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