My newest addition!! Early gold!!

coinlieutenant · February 29, 2004 6:33AM

Hey all,

Just wanted to share my most recent purchase (yesterday). Paid strong money for this one but man is it nice. I am now 1/3 of the way to having a date run of the draped bust left half eagles. If I could find them all in AU58 like this I would be pumped!!
Thanks for looking and opinions, good and bad are accepted and encouraged!!

V.r,
John

relayer · February 29, 2004 6:36AM

Sweet looking coin

RYK · February 29, 2004 6:41AM

Paid strong money for this one but man is it nice.

In order to get one that nice you have to pay strong money. Nice, early gold does not get ripped.

jdimmick · February 29, 2004 6:42AM

Nice coin John, I like the color and surfaces.

Is that a rim bump at 11:00 above the A on reverse, or just the photo angle?

CoinAddict · February 29, 2004 6:45AM

Very nice coin.

agentjim007 · February 29, 2004 6:49AM

very nice. I use to have one in MS61 (keyword USE). If you were cash poor before you must be at the Top Ramen stage by now. You spending your wifes half of that fun money? (don't worry my lips are sealed)

coinlieutenant · February 29, 2004 6:51AM

Jd,

Just the angle. I checked out the rims as best I could and they seemed ok...

John

Baley · February 29, 2004 6:52AM

Very Nice Coin, congratulations!

I'm always amazed that any of these survived, once the gold in them went higher than the face value.

coinlieutenant · February 29, 2004 6:58AM

Jim,

I used your money that you sent me on the Bechtler, so if you dont like it... TOO BAD!!!

No seriously, I sold my Jeep wrangler that I had been trying to sell for a while. 5500 of it was tied up in that puppy...

J

ConstellatioCollector · February 29, 2004 6:59AM

Very, very nice coin!

WWW · February 29, 2004 7:00AM

Wow! That's a very nice coin. Congratulations John.

Gemini · February 29, 2004 7:00AM

Nice Gold...a nice addition to your collection.

agentjim007 · February 29, 2004 7:06AM

Maybe I'll be the one eating the Top Ramen

agentjim007 · February 29, 2004 7:09AM

5500 of it was tied up in that puppy...

sorry for being nosey but are you saying that coin cost over $5500? I bought that MS61 for around $4K. I'll have to add that one to the "why the hell did I ever sell it list"

jdimmick · February 29, 2004 7:20AM

5500 for a coin that nice doesnt sound high to me. If you want quality, then you have to step up to the plate. Unless your lucky enough to catch someone snoozing. But as hot as early gold is, especially this nice, I dont expect that happens to often.

jim d

Varlis · February 29, 2004 7:29AM

Hey John--
That is one awesome coin. One day I hope to have one.

Are you going for the 1810 large date small 5 next?

agentjim007 · February 29, 2004 8:22AM

I was not criticizing the price paid. I was commenting on the price increase since I bought one (it's been about ten years) I just learned what these are worth now.

RYK · February 29, 2004 8:24AM

I sold my Jeep wrangler that I had been trying to sell for a while. 5500 of it was tied up in that puppy...

It's going to tough to ride that slab to work or to the beach.

coinlieutenant · February 29, 2004 8:31AM

Luckily I have two other cars...

That is a good tip though. Slabs dont make good transportation...

Jim,

I knew what you were talking about on the coin, no worries. These have gone up quite a bit. I expect them to stabilize in the future but not go down. Early gold is hard to find and I think it represents one of the best times of our coinage...

John

airplanenut · February 29, 2004 8:32AM

That is one hot coin! WOW!

theboz11 · February 29, 2004 8:38AM

Very Nice

mercurynut · February 29, 2004 9:23AM

Wow nice pick up!

Casey · February 29, 2004 1:21PM

Very nice John!

coinlieutenant · March 2, 2004 7:37AM

Got the coin yesterday and upon further inspection/study I found that that what looks like a depression in the planchet in the left obverse field appears on several other 1810 photos that I have seen. Anyone know what might have caused that. Doesnt look like clashing(that should be raised anyway)...

Any ideas?