New Pinnacle/DW article: Where are all of the Extremely Fine Charlotte and Dahlonega Gold Coins?

RYK

Link to Article

Regrettably, not enough have made their way into the Three Rivers Collection.

Longacre

Nice article. I wonder if there are other issues out there that are currently in the $1000 to $2000 range that will see similar increases in the future.

RYK

N.O., I cannot think of anything else either.

CharlotteDude

I can tell ya... they're all in my safety deposit box!!

Okay... some of them are.

Dahlonega

Doug's article is accurate in my opinion. What some may not know is Doug always had a penchant for coins with original surfaces. I have noticed that from VF to AU the 'original skin' Charlotte and Dahlonega coins are beginning to disappear into collections. Perhaps originality is trumping grade. Beware, unfortunately there are an abundance of 'processed' coins available. If you are unable to tell the difference a knowledgable dealer may not make you a lot of money but, he may save you a lot.

Myqqy

RYK- does anybody ever get on these threads and mock you for collecting that overrated classic crap??

RYK

RYK- does anybody ever get on these threads and mock you for collecting that overrated classic crap??

No, but I wish they would.

I must agree with DW and Dahlonega: the nice EF coins are just not out there. I think that I have seen only one or two in DW's inventory in the last year, one of which was purchased by one of my dabbling partners. I have had to buy AU's, at a significant jump in price (typically double) just to keep my collection growing. I asked DW about this last year, and he said that the market could easily absorb 200 EF Dahlonega $5's. I believe him.

BTW, my first Dahlonega $5, and still one of my favorites, was an 1848-D XF-45 that I purchased from the Gold Rush Gallery at CSNS in 2003. Whenever I look at the coin, I have fond memories of when I first met "Dahlonega", Carl, and Al. It would be among the last coins I would ever consider selling, and I wish I could find one of each date that looked exactly like it.

CharlotteDude

<<BTW, my first Dahlonega $5, and still one of my favorites, was an 1848-D XF-45 that I purchased from the Gold Rush Gallery at CSNS in 2003. Whenever I look at the coin, I have fond memories of when I first met "Dahlonega", Carl, and Al. It would be among the last coins I would ever consider selling, and I wish I could find one of each date that looked exactly like it. >>

Couldn't agree with you more RYK. There's nothing like a green, crusty southern-mint gold coin. Al and Carl are great guys to chat with... very knowledgeable, although they're a bit pricey on their inventory.

They sure beat any Deep Ultra Frap, Low-Fat Skim Cameo Mirror Proof Double Frothed Enhanced Hairline modern coin any day!!

DaveG

Southern gold coins?


Who collects those old things?

FatMan

Thanks for the link RYK. Good read.

michael

Nice article. I wonder if there are other issues out there that are currently in the $1000 to $2000 range that will see similar increases in the future.


yea xf-45 to au 50 three dollar gold

michael

northcoin

thanks for the link

RYK

I have thought about this a bit more.

I would ask the same question for other series:

Where are all of the Extremely Fine New Orleans Eagles?

Where are all of the Extremely Fine New Orleans Half Eagles?

Where are all of the Extremely Fine $3's?

Where are all of the Extremely Fine Better Date Seated Coins?

tjkillian

<< <i>I have thought about this a bit more. I would ask the same question for other series: Where are all of the Extremely Fine New Orleans Eagles? Where are all of the Extremely Fine New Orleans Half Eagles? Where are all of the Extremely Fine $3's? Where are all of the Extremely Fine Better Date Seated Coins? >>



Four months ago I picked up a 1861 $3 in a PCGS XF-40 holder on eBay. Boy was I happy to get it.

Tom

littlejohn

hi
i can tell you that New Orleans Eagles are drying up fast.i can;t find anything for my set in a pcgs ,ms 62 or higher..
littlejohn