A very special 1872 Washington Head California Fractional 1/4 Dollar Gold Piece

oreville

Mark

Oreville:

Does PCGS give you a magnifying glass to go along with slab? More seriously, the Cal fractional gold coins are interesting. I wish I had the Breen/someone-else-but-I-can't-remember-who book. I think the book would be an interesting read.

One comment/question about these coins: A partial turnoff (to me) is that apparently a large number of these "coins" were actually just jewelry and were never meant to be coins. Is this belief of mine correct? And, if my understanding is correct, does it bother anyone who collects these cool little things?

Thanks in advance for answers.

Mark

mgoodm3

Very small. Kinda reminds me Sylvester Stallone.

oreville

<<<<<<<<<<<<Oreville: Does PCGS give you a magnifying glass to go along with slab? More seriously, the Cal fractional gold coins are interesting. I wish I had the Breen/someone-else-but-I-can't-remember-who book. I think the book would be an interesting read.
One comment/question about these coins: A partial turnoff (to me) is that apparently a large number of these "coins" were actually just jewelry and were never meant to be coins. Is this belief of mine correct? And, if my understanding is correct, does it bother anyone who collects these cool little things? Thanks in advance for answers. Mark >>>>>>

Answers:
(1) I wished I got a free magnifying glass from PCGS with each of these slabs. Is HRH listening?
(2)You mean Breen-Gillio.
(3)Indeed, the post 1855 were mostly minted as souvenirbut it is believed that a limited number them circulated as trade tokens up to and through the end of the civil war (1865) since silver coins was still difficult to come by in California. This is why they were called pocket pieces and not coins.
(4) Your understanding is essentially correct and that yes, it could and SHOULD bother some collectors ...........but not me and see why..................take a look at what I am attempting to do. below: Once you see these gold coins/pocket pieces together then it becomes clear that my fascination is with great gold coins/pocket pieces of the 1860's and 1870's, big and small whether they intended to circulate or not and whether they were made of gold or not!

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Dennis88

Those gold coins are nice!!!!

Dennis