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*** 1892-S PCGS MS-65 Top (Pop 1/0) $20 Gold Coronet (Liberty) Double Eagle -- Photos Posted ***

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  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    NCS those spots off of it and you may wind up with an MS-66 =0) Nice coin!
  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,793 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Roadrunner, Oreville and Robert: Thanks for your posts!!

    Roadrunner: Thanks for your strategic advice on potential regrading of this coin (shot-66), and also suggesting that I carefully watch $20 Liberty Registry Set activity.

    Stuart

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  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stuart,

    You thought that would 64? I think it is very nice for a 65...unless there is a hidden patch of small hairlines or something, I would say the coin looks undergraded...

    JMTC...

    John
  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh, no, nevermind... IWOG just called and told me that the luster isnt taken into account...it is WAY OVERGRADED!! image

  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Very nice.
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  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,793 ✭✭✭✭✭
    John: I knew that the coin was of gem quality, and was a shot 65, but this is not a common 1904 $20 Liberty.

    Since I knew that the coin did not previously exist in PCGS MS-65, and the Greysheet listed it at ~$8K in MS-64 (with no price in MS-65), I thought that PCGS would be very tough on her to get her to surpass MS-64. The other 1906-D and 1907-S $20 Liberties that I recently submitted appeared to me to be MS-64's and they "only" made MS-63 -- tough dates worth good money in MS-63...

    Does any average collector ever submit a coin that they purchased raw 31 years ago with the assumption that theirs is the best so far graded by PCGS, a condition census coin? I was not that positive, but I was optimistic and hopeful, which is why I took the time and trouble to submit the coin.

    Needless to say I am delighted with the outcome!!

    Stuart

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  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I always get stars in my eyes on my submissions!!! image

  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with this statement>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    << <i>NCS those spots off of it and you may wind up with an MS-66 =0) Nice coin! >>


    AWESOME coin..
    Al
  • Outstanding coin, Stuart. Congratulations on that breathtaking grade.image
  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,793 ✭✭✭✭✭
    John, Al & CoinAddict: Thanks very much for your posts to this thread.

    Al: I am going to think long and hard about the best way to monetize this "Blue Bird" that I have made, to fund some other "dream coins" which I have always wanted to own. My first reaction would be not to have the coin conserved via NCS because it is beautiful and original as-is.

    If the coin had some type of foreign material, etc. on it then I'd perhaps consider using NCS's services to remediate the material. Based on some initial reactions to the photo of the coin, it appears to be a strong

    My understanding is that Copper Spots are a natural phenomenon that occur on gold coins because of imperfectly homogenized copper alloys within the gold. They also tend to corroborate originality and a genuine coin.

    This wonderful event will be a great learning experience for me, which I am very much looking forward to.

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,769 ✭✭✭✭✭
    its still a pop 1 6 years later!

    so what did you end up doing with it?
    may the fonz be with you...always...
  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭

    Great story!

    Is the OP still around??

  • NewRoseNewRose Posts: 309 ✭✭
    Wasn't around that long ago, but nearly 6 years and it still being a Top Pop of 1 is pretty amazing.
    I too, have the same questions, if Stuart is still around and what he did with the coin.

    Amazing! image

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  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,109 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Great story!

    Is the OP still around?? >>



    Last Visited On: July 19th, 2010 7:47 AM

    It appears so -- would be interesting to know if Stuart still owns the coin.

    I missed this thread the first time -- the coin appears to be amazingly clean, and the non-distracting copper spots attest to its originality. In the current market a submission to Secure Plus and CAC would probably enhance its market value further -- although the coin would likely be bid up very high anyway in an auction.
  • jhdflajhdfla Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭
    Geez, whoever dug this up, what a great story!

    Wish the pic was still here, what a tough coin.
  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭

    image

  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Geez, whoever dug this up, what a great story!

    Wish the pic was still here, what a tough coin. >>


    The picture is still in the thread, but you have to look only a few posts up from yours to find it. It is a beautiful coin.

  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here are the pictures for you.

    imageimage
  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Extremely smooth and creamy looking piece for sure.
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm sure if the gold "picky" patrol were out they'd brutalize this coin for the scuff on the cheek, a tick in the right obv field, and 3 micro alloy spots.

    Seriously Stuart, this looks awfully nice today. Maybe a candidate for a +? The fields would look more at home in a 66 holder.

    roadrunner
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  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,793 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It was interesting to see this old thread of my 1892-S $20 Gold Double Eagle resurrected. In reply to several questions recently posted, I decided to monetize (sell) the subject coin several years ago to help fund other coin purchases that are more core to my collecting interests.

    It was very exciting back in 2004 to "make" a PCGS Pop 1/0 coin, especially on a raw coin purchase made many years earlier for $275. image

    Thanks resurrecting this thread and for bringing back some good memories! image

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • NewRoseNewRose Posts: 309 ✭✭
    Big profit, eh?
    Congrats to you, and good luck on further $275 purchases going the distance. image

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  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It was interesting to see this old thread of my 1892-S $20 Gold Double Eagle resurrected. In reply to several questions recently posted, I decided to monetize (sell) the subject coin several years ago to help fund other coin purchases that are more core to my collecting interests.

    It was very exciting back in 2004 to "make" a PCGS Pop 1/0 coin, especially on a raw coin purchase made many years earlier for $275. image

    Thanks resurrecting this thread and for bringing back some good memories! image >>



    Ahhh, that was kind of anti-climatic. Can you provide more details to close out the story? When did you sell it? How did you sell it? Do you know where it is now? What did you get for it (or if this is confidential, what were you able to buy with the proceeds)?

  • joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,769 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Ahhh, that was kind of anti-climatic. Can you provide more details to close out the story? When did you sell it? How did you sell it? Do you know where it is now? What did you get for it (or if this is confidential, what were you able to buy with the proceeds)? >>



    what he said
    may the fonz be with you...always...
  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ahhh, that was kind of anti-climatic. Can you provide more details to close out the story? When did you sell it? How did you sell it? Do you know where it is now? What did you get for it (or if this is confidential, what were you able to buy with the proceeds)? >>



    what he said >>




    X2, I missed this thread the first time around.



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  • joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,769 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pop went from 1 to 16..
    may the fonz be with you...always...
  • PQueuePQueue Posts: 901 ✭✭✭
    The frequency of coins upgrading is now an entrenced component of the TPG business model. It does not benefit collectors.
  • WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Originally posted by: joebb21

    Pop went from 1 to 16..






    Originally posted by: PQueue

    The frequency of coins upgrading is now an entrenced component of the TPG business model. It does not benefit collectors.






    The Saddle Ridge hoard is the likely cause of the pop change rather than upgrading previous non-hoard coins.

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  • BloodManBloodMan Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Indeed, the Saddle Ridge Hoard explains much of the change at the upper end of the population.





    The SRH contained 178 – 1892-S double eagles, the second highest of any date with 1889-S $20 being the highest at 422.





    Among 1892-S double eagles, there were:


    MS65+: 3


    MS65: 5


    MS64+: 16


    MS64:23


    MS63+: 19


    MS63:33


    MS62+: 6


    MS62: 26


    MS61: 3


    AU50-58+: 12


    Genuine: 32





    Considering that some of the higher grade coins from the hoard were conservatively graded, I suspect that some of the coins originally graded MS64 or MS64+ moved into the gem ranks.


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