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  • eyoung429eyoung429 Posts: 6,374 ✭
    Heck, couldn't afford it even if I wanted it. That spot on the obv is rather distracting though...
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    That's a 67? image

    With that big spot on the obverse and a big hit on the rays near the spot? imageimage
  • ellewoodellewood Posts: 1,750 ✭
    I couldn't ever imagine spending that kind of cake on a coin...BUT IF I DID...I would probably buy something that didn't look like someone spilled their coffee on it. image
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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Just talk to Saintguru. He actually considers the copper spots a bonus as it adds to the originality of the coin. There is nothing like the randomness of mixing gold with other metals as sometimes the other metals come closer to the surface causing this copper toning.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    I don't like spots.
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  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,547 ✭✭✭
    I don't mind the spot, but there appear to be a lot of black specks. I don't like those.
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,342 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can I get two of them, and some cufflink settings?
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pass. A spot like that is not acceptable on a 67.
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  • GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭
    $300,000 maybe on a good day...........................image
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  • deansmintdeansmint Posts: 177
    A light heating with a blow torch takes a spot like that right off. Was at a dealers office one day and watched him literally change the look of a coin with a few passes of a small handheld torch.
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  • deansmintdeansmint Posts: 177
    As far as the grade goes, it is a solid 67 based on technicality and surface preservation - I would also suspect it has beautiful eye appeal in hand. Im sure any double eagle collector could tell you they've seen much much worse in 7 holders.
  • earlwbollingerearlwbollinger Posts: 1,304
    Sorry, no thank you. Way to rich for my blood.
    It is really nice though.
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Be a lot cheaper to have the mint make a replacement; no?
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  • lloydmincylloydmincy Posts: 1,861 ✭
    <<Would you buy this $450,000 coin?>>

    Not when I could of bought it for $345,000 at the Philip Morse auction just 4 1/2 months ago. BTW, that is not a spot as we know it. It is more like a small weathering/fade of the metal over time, unlike a carbon spot.
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  • jabbajabba Posts: 3,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
    After reading the guide Book of Double Eagle Gold Coins: A Complete History and Price Guide by Q David Bowers that does look like a coin I would own, Are my assumptions wrong?

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  • GOLDGUYGOLDGUY Posts: 253 ✭✭
    "Would you buy this $450,000 coin?"

    Yes, I would. Just not at $450,000 (obviously). I'm normally not bothered by copper-spots per se. In fact, I kinda think they're neat. However, I also recognize that a majority of collectors these days dislike them.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I read somewhere that copper spots are a good indication that a gold coin is authentic since fakes never have copper spots. Can anyone verify the veracity of this theory?



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  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398
    If I had $450,000 to spend, I would hope to be able to afford a coin with no blemishes on it. Not only does that coin have the copper spot that stands out like a sunspot, but it's also got orangish-brown toning and black flecks. For that kind of money, I'd be a bit more picky.

    As far as cleaning with a blowtorch: Wouldn't you run a serious risk of damaging the coin that way? Gold's a very soft metal.
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  • carlcarl Posts: 2,054 ✭
    $400,000 sure but not a cent more.
    And even then only if I could have a matched pair.
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  • deansmintdeansmint Posts: 177


    << <i>As far as cleaning with a blowtorch: Wouldn't you run a serious risk of damaging the coin that way? Gold's a very soft metal. >>



    I probably shouldnt have made this statement without remembering most of the details of the coin, this was a long while back. As far as the way the blow torch was used, imagine using a can of hairspray - you dont hold the nozel an inch from your head, you hold it back a certain ways and sway it from side to side.
  • coltguscoltgus Posts: 337 ✭


    << <i>If you where looking for this date and grade would you buy this coin? I think I would pass.
    1927-S >>



    I like toning on silver coins but do not like copper spots.
    I believe there should be a reduction in grade in a case like this, maybe ms66.

    I am quite sure many will disagree.
    I'd rather be lucky than good.
  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,054 ✭✭✭
    P A S S !!!!!!!

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  • TarmacTarmac Posts: 394 ✭
    I just added it to My Shopping Cart and saw they wanted $203.65 for shipping?!! image

    What a ripoff! They can stick that in a CoinWORLD cardboard mailer and priority mail it to me. Cost? $5.5o with delivery confirmation!

    $203.65 for shipping! The nerve!
  • dorancoinsdorancoins Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭


    << <i>If you where looking for this date and grade would you buy this coin? I think I would pass.
    1927-S >>



    Not in this lifetime, or the next one - if I had $450K to spend, it would be something better than this.image
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One could probly buy a nice 65 or 66 for quite a bit less. Thats a lot of premium to pay for one or two points of opinion with that distracting blemish; esp considering how much juice has been added to it over the last few months.
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the coin but it's clearly not for everybody. Then again, you could say that about most 450K coins.
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If money was no object I mite buy it but if I was limited to a $450K budget I doubt that I would spend it on that coin.
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