I broke all the rules with this new (Dahlonega) purchase...

RYK

"Don't buy raw gold"

"Eye appeal is everything"

"Buy the holder, not the coin"

"Dahlonega gold is expensive"

"Your photography sucks"




(Okay, I did not break the last rule )

Edited to add: There is one more rule I did NOT break: "Don't tell your wife about it"

JrGMan2004

Met our very own Dahlonega at FUN, and was corrected on the pronunciation of Dahlonega... But, he was a very nice guy!! If I was collecting rare gold, he'd be my first choice as a dealer

ms70

Cool! Are you sending it in and if so to who?

RYK

Met our very own Dahlonega at FUN... he was a very nice guy!! If I was collecting rare gold, he'd be my first choice as a dealer

"Dahlonega" is a good friend and partner in crime. This coin came from the Gold Rush Gallery, where "Dahlonega" hangs out with his good friends and Dahlonega experts, Al and Carl. "D" is a collector, not a dealer.

Cool! Are you sending it in and if so to who?

I do not think it would slab. My guess is that ANACS would give it VF details, net Fine. I will keep it raw (so I can touch it) for the time being.

FatMan

Great single year type Dahlonega.

Don't just touch it RYK, go ahead put your teeth into it just like they did 160 yrs ago to make sure it was real gold.

jdp2

I went to college in Dahlonega. Panned for gold in Duke's creek there once too. I can only wish to have a gold coin from there.

mrearlygold

Great pocket piece Robert.

Nothing like playing heads or tails with an old gold coin


Tom

Koinlink

Very nice coin!

RYK

Nothing like playing heads or tails with an old gold coin

I did not think of that. Maybe I should overnight to Pittsburgh for the big game on Sunday. If the Steelers win the overtime toss with it, make it to the Super Bowl, and win, the coin will be worth a heck of a lot more than its weight in gold.

Very nice coin!

Nice of you to say so, but I would say that it is pretty doggy. Neat coin, though.

One year type, 13,674 minted, PCGS population 140, NGC population 95. This was the first quarter eagle struck at the Dahlonega mint. Interestingly, the Charlotte mint struck classic head quarter eagles in 1838 and 1839. The plans for the construction and operation of the Dahlonega mint fell behind schedule, and in 1838 they were only able to coin the half eagles. A neat three coin set would be the 1839 Dahlonega, Charlotte, and New Orleans classic head quarter eagles.

The James Stack specimen is the consensus finest known piece (PCGS-64, for those keeping score), and it was sold in the past year by Doug Winter/Pinnacle to a private collector

tjkillian

That is one cool coin, I"d love to get a "C" or "D" coin with the mint mark on the obverse.

Congratulations!

Tom

jom

<< <i>There is one rule I did NOT break: "Don't tell your wife about it" >>



Am I correct in assuming if you did break this rule it would be the LAST rule you break? Just wondering.

Nice purchase!

jom

Reece

Nice coin RYK I also got to talk to David and Al at the Gold Rush Gallery this FUN they had some real nice "D" mints and David still had the 1854-0 $3 PCGS AU58 Bass coin that I still drool over.!!

RYK

There is one rule I did NOT break: "Don't tell your wife about it"

Am I correct in assuming if you did break this rule it would be the LAST rule you break?

Actually, this coin would be the one to tell me wife about, so long as I forget to mention the other two that came in the same envelope and the box that came from Pinnacle on the same day.

mhammerman

Yeah, that's a beater all right. RYK, you have permission to buy gold coins raw because if you get fooled, then the rest of us are burnt toast on a pointy stick! Certainly a nice piece and hey...what about that "9" in the date, I bet there is a story there.

Longacre

I like it. It's similar to a lot of people I work with-- a little rough around the edges.

mrcommem

Looks like a nice score if you didn't pay too much for it. The 39-D quarter eagle seems to be a difficult coin to find that look good in high grade. I have been looking for one in AU55 to AU58 for about three years now. One was an MS61 for and arm and a leg and the other was AU53 with good color but a poor strike. Would have been ok but went for too much money for that grade.

granddad

RYK

I have played with this dog for a week, now. Should I slab it? Where? Keep in a hard plastic holder (where it lives now)? Put in a flip? (GTG, can I borrow one?) Hide it in a piece of furniture? Offer it as a prize in a message board giveaway? Trade up for a pretty one?

clw54

Keep it as a desktop piece. It's cool to have a gold coin sitting on a desktop, and that coin is cooler than most.

Jdurg

You could always send it to me. I picked up my first and only old gold coin raw off of E-Bay and just have it in an Airtite(sp?) holder. It's a nice card weight at my poker games to go along with my 1880-O Morgan Dollar. Nothing like having some silver and gold that was made into coins 100 years before you were born.

XpipedreamR

<< <i> Met our very own Dahlonega at FUN, and was corrected on the pronunciation of Dahlonega... But, he was a very nice guy!! If I was collecting rare gold, he'd be my first choice as a dealer >>







So, what is the correct pronunciation of "Dahlonega?"


















Added: duh-LAHN-uh-guh ? Interesting

FatMan

Obviously this is too difficult for you to deal with. Put an end to your stress and send it to me.

FC57Coins

Imagine that

morgannut2

You can break all the rules if you know enough to make them! If I did, my gold "D" would be from Denver!!

Bear

Well, its yellow, its round and its made of metal.

It sure looks like, it could possibly be a gold coin.