In 1929...That was a very good yeeeear...

saintguru

Oh boy!!!


MS65 This was one of the toughest to find of all...

MadMarty

Very Nice!!!

FatMan

coinlieutenant

excellent coin...very tough..

Rob790

Very Nice! Like it a lot.

AuldFartte

WOW

saintguru

Thanks....currently "doing time" in Harris Bank Penitentiary!!

tjkillian

Excellent coin, congratulations! Had I known you wanted one, I would have pulled one out of a bag I have of them. I have one of those original mint bags with a thousand per bag. Has not been handle much, and a check of them most are at the MS-65 to MS-67 level, a few nicer, and a few baggier.

Nice coin!

Tom

roadrunner

They must have found a bag of them ......as 2 of them showed up at my local coin dealer about 2 months back. both of them graded out MS64 at PCGS. I was sort of surprised at the grades as they had some fairly serious cuts. One of them had the biggest gash in the middle of the eagle's breast that I had ever seen on a 64 Saint.
Regardless, the owner has been beating off the wolves trying to pick these off.

PS.. and if that weren't cool enough...the same deal had a pair of 1929 $5 half eagles too. they also graded out PCGS MS64!

roadrunner

oreville

Cool! Nice looking 1929.

1929 was the year my Mom was born! Then the Great Depression began with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929!

A great year indeed!

Coppernicus

1929 was a very good year for Lincoln cents also. My PCGS 66RD is one of the finest in my set. Could be a 67 but I don't care - I always look at it when I go to my safety deposit box. Awesome all around!

BTW, I love the Saint in your pic - congrats!!

Mike

Bochiman

Nice coin.

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BowTieCoins

Bochiman - Nice coin.

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Katrina

saintguru

Fainmail from some flounders.....

The 1929 is a special coin in Saints. As this series was one of the most art-deco designs, they really captured the period leading up to and including Roaring Twenties, culminating with the explosion of partying and wealth and then the horror and decimation of the crash and depression...all peaking in 1929...What year could be more approprite from a historic perspective...And RARE too!


Mint bags of $20 gold coins were only 250 coins. There are quite a few ms64's but the POPs are artificially high. In MS65 they are actually scarcer that the 31 and 31-D!! Ergo the desire to try to get a 64 upgraded and the keepin the damn labels, the fargin bastidges!!!

The late dates (1929-1932) are generally in pristine condition and have those sharp cuts on them. It's because they never left the Fed vaults due to the crash and the need to hold gold to support the dollar. Therefore, the only hits were when the bags got tossed around from one truck to another. The grading services will accept a minimal amount of them and still give GEM designation, since this is so edemic to the few survivors of these dates. One thing about them...they look so much better than the earlier dates...Sharply struck, creamy swirling liquid fields and frosty...the colors are wonderful, esp. the 1931-D. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds!!!

I have a few others picture on a link in REGISTRY BOARD

I enjoy sharing these..they are ART, as are so many of the coins collected here.

some pics

earlwbollinger

Excellent coin, your the man.

originalisbest

Very, very nice and rare - thanks for sharing!