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Is $550 Charlotte Gold

seanthorntonseanthornton Posts: 64
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Is $550 a good price for a Charlotte Half Eagle?
Sean
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,904 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You might want to give the date and grade information.....
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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    yes, tis a good deal. it would have to be bent, dinged, dented, burned, scratched,
    and etc.. combined not to be worth more then 500.

  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    Good deal indeed!

    Want to sell for $575? image
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,796 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think you would need a time machine to get a nice Charlotte $5 for $550.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • meos1meos1 Posts: 1,135 ✭
    I smell a problem sale or miscommunication....There is probably a zero missing...

    Dman
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  • numismanumisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭

    Do you mean a common date half eagle from a coin dealer in Charlotte, NC? Not such a good deal.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    you guys are assuming he's buying. perhaps he's asking if it's a good price because he's trying to sell and the $550 is an offer he's received.
  • seanthorntonseanthornton Posts: 64
    1851 Charlotte VF20 The mint mark show up great and is not an altered O. I would take a picture but at this time unable to.

    It will fit in nicely to my Half Eagle "One form each of the 8 mint" collection.

    Sean
    "You can't accumulate unless you speculate"
  • numismanumisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>1851 Charlotte VF20 The mint mark show up great and is not an altered O. I would take a picture but at this time unable to.

    It will fit in nicely to my Half Eagle "One form each of the 8 mint" collection.

    Sean >>



    It would have to be from China for that price.
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,796 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>1851 Charlotte VF20 The mint mark show up great and is not an altered O. I would take a picture but at this time unable to.

    It will fit in nicely to my Half Eagle "One form each of the 8 mint" collection.

    Sean >>



    There is a diagnostic "hole" in the ear lobe of Liberty on authentic 1851-C half eagles. Make sure you see it before you buy it (I assuming you are purchasing raw).
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 2,981 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it is a VF coin & doesn't have any problems (i.e., cleaned, damaged, ex-jewelry), then $550 is an outstanding price. The majority of 1851-C $5's (about 90-95% of the total known population) have a diagnostic "piercing" of Liberty's earlobe - basically a punch in the center of the obverse, but there are a few that don't (and they constitute an extremely rare variety). Even with minor problems, $550 is a great price for '51-C Half Eagle.

    C'dude
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  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 2,981 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is what an 1851-C $5 "pierced earlobe" variety looks like... as mentioned above, 9 out of every 10 '51-C $5's will have the mint-made "piercing" of Liberty's ear. There are a few (very few) known examples which do not have this diagnostic.

    This one's in an NGC XF-45 holder:

    imageimage

    cheers,

    C'dude
    Got Crust....y gold?
  • seanthorntonseanthornton Posts: 64
    It is a graded coin by National Numismatic Certification which I have never heard of.

    "There is a diagnostic "hole" in the ear lobe of Liberty on authentic 1851-C half eagles. " It does have have this "hole". All of LIBERTY is visible but worn

    Sean
    "You can't accumulate unless you speculate"
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very interesting... not having ever collected Charlotte gold, I did not know of this. Amazing how much we learn from each other here. Cheers, RickO
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,796 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It is a graded coin by National Numismatic Certification which I have never heard of.

    "There is a diagnostic "hole" in the ear lobe of Liberty on authentic 1851-C half eagles. " It does have have this "hole". All of LIBERTY is visible but worn

    Sean >>



    NNC is a third-world slabber. I would consider them to be worse than raw and would assume that the coin would be a no-grade at PCGS or NGC.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,108 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it is NNC-slabbed then there really must be a reason for this and it would scare the bejeesus out of me.
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  • seanthorntonseanthornton Posts: 64
    What would be the reason for being in an NNC case? As being new to gold I am always looking to be educated before too late. Thanks for any information.
    Sean
    "You can't accumulate unless you speculate"
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,879 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What would be the reason for being in an NNC case? As being new to gold I am always looking to be educated before too late. Thanks for any information. >>


    Unsalvageable problem that would result in a body bag or "problem coin" holder at PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, and SEGS.
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  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 2,981 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's probably in its current slab because that particular company is one of the few that would actually encase it.... tells me that '51-C most likely has some major issues, hence the asking price of only $550. Typically, a problem-free C-mint Half Eagle will cost you $1400-$1600 in VF. Coins w/minor probs in that grade will run ya @ $1000-$1100 (i.e. ANACS "cleaned"). If the seller is reputable, and offers a return option, it may be worth taking a shot to see the coin in hand. If it indeed has major issues, send that puppy back.

    regards,

    'dude
    Got Crust....y gold?

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