1851 $20 Baldwin - What do you know about them
clackamas
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I have a friend who's grandmother owned an antique shop in rural Oregon. The family has been here in Oregon since the mid 1800. He called me up to say that his father now has this coin and would like to know what it is. I have yet to see it in hand but was described as a $20 gold coin. It has "California Gold" and "Baldwin" in the Head band. It has SMV on the reverse and 13 stars. I can't find any information other that about the $10 version which is a fairly rare coin worth $15K or more.
Anyone know about the $20's? Are there conterfeits? If so are they common or even worth money? The provenance is plausible. Small town outside the state capital of Oregon (Statehood 1849), antique shop owner in the early century.
Anyone know about the $20's? Are there conterfeits? If so are they common or even worth money? The provenance is plausible. Small town outside the state capital of Oregon (Statehood 1849), antique shop owner in the early century.
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Fake
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
clackamas wrote, in part:
> "...and there is no Santa Claus."
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Now you've gone too, too far!!
Next thing you know, you'll be talkin' trash
about the Easter Bunny!!
Some people...!!
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"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
<< <i>clackamas wrote, in part:
> "...and there is no Santa Claus."
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Now you've gone too, too far!!
Next thing you know, you'll be talkin' trash
about the Easter Bunny!!
Some people...!!
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Sorry, What I meant to say there is no Santa Claus in coin collecting. If you want a new bike, Santa does great things. New MS67 Morgan, not so good.
<< <i>probably bogus. If it was real then it would have already been discovered >>
You are probably right that it is fake, however the coin has been in the family for the last century. We will know tomorrow when they are bringing it over.
Yuuuuck!
ps. Stephen Baldwin is the best brother.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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post a photo of that bad boy when you get it
and what the hell does smv stand for????
<< <i> what the hell does smv stand for???? >>
SMV = Standard Mint Value
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire