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I'm sorry, but THIS is the most beautiful coin of all time!

ChrisRxChrisRx Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭✭
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And I can never afford it =

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,333 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry, but the Garrett coin is way better.
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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't afford it either & if I could, I would not buy it.
    Nice coin, but beautiful it's not. I suppose as the saying goes "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder."
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  • ASUtoddASUtodd Posts: 1,312 ✭✭
    I know this is a lightsider post but if we are saying most beautiful of ALL TIME..... then I have to say that these are my favs hands down... I fell in love with these coins as soon as I saw them, of course some will say they are merely BULLION.... If we are saying straight coin, no bullion then I vote for the 1900 British Trade Dollar... Of course these are currently my flavors of the week so take it for what it is worth.
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  • coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭


    << <i>I can't afford it either & if I could, I would not buy it.
    Nice coin, but beautiful it's not. I suppose as the saying goes "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder." >>



    so true

    that is an awesome coin to say the least


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  • ShortgapbobShortgapbob Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Sorry, but the Garrett coin is way better. >>



    Does somebody have an image of the Garrett example?
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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    I've seen this photo many times but never the coin in hand. The light on this photo looks unusual. --jerry
  • jdillanejdillane Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭
    I have always been very fond of this design. The obverse makes me think of the Salem witch trials. (Go figure!)

    The reverse is beautiful in its simplicity.
  • kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
    I would rather have a nice Gem example of a SBA dollar.....image
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would rather have a nice Gem example of a SBA dollar.....image >>


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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    It's OK. I'd prefer a higher grade though.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭

    image >>

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    I had to add Susie Q for effect.
  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most beautiful coin of all time??? Not even close. As nice as this design is even it can't overcome the handicap of being gold rather than an attractive metal such as silver, copper, platinum, aluminum, steel,









    plastic, paper...anything but gold.
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,437 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like wear on the eagle's breast and leg but what do I know about market grading.

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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ChrisRx, don't listen to the scrooges here! That coin is amazing!
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is megasexy, for sure.

    But I'd rather have this.

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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin and if you want to afford one like it...try a Gallery Mint Museum replica. Ron Landis did some amazing work on those early gold pieces! The 1795s are tough to find, but well worth the search. Imagine the Eliasberg as an MS-68 and you get the idea. Oh yeah, GMM also made cameo proofs!

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  • YaHaYaHa Posts: 4,220 ✭
    Very nice coin!!! Any "GOLD" coin that has that unbeatable sparkle and beauity is putty in my hands. Gold,Gold,Gold fever.
  • GritsManGritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭
    Is that animal on the reverse the famous transition from dinosaurs to birds, Archaeopteryx? I didn't realize it had been discovered yet!!!
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  • LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162 ✭
    This one is no slouch:


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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,664 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The early Small Eagles do rather resemble an Archaeopteryx. I've often thought about that.

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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Very nice but I don't think I would call it most beautiful of all time, I would just call it very pretty and very expensive.

  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,798 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin, would love to have it, great pedigree, but...

    looks processed and too many hits for the 65 grade, IMO.

    At that price, PASS!

    There is obviously no such thing as the most beautiful coin of all time, any more than there is a most beautiful piece of art, most beautiful car, most beautiful person, etc.
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  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice coin, would love to have it, great pedigree, but...

    looks processed and too many hits for the 65 grade, IMO.

    At that price, PASS!

    There is obviously no such thing as the most beautiful coin of all time, any more than there is a most beautiful piece of art, most beautiful car, most beautiful person, etc. >>




    I agree. I would be shocked if that coin had a sticker on it.
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Nice coin, would love to have it, great pedigree, but...

    looks processed and too many hits for the 65 grade, IMO.

    At that price, PASS!

    There is obviously no such thing as the most beautiful coin of all time, any more than there is a most beautiful piece of art, most beautiful car, most beautiful person, etc. >>




    I agree. I would be shocked if that coin had a sticker on it. >>



    I am almost always shocked at how early gold looks relative to the grade on the insert. image

    I do remember being offered the James Stack 1795 $10. It was a blazing beauty, tho had recently been dipped IIRC.
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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    too low a grade
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  • ManorcourtmanManorcourtman Posts: 8,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice but the Eagle reminds my of a Seagull with scalesimage
  • JoeLewisJoeLewis Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Nice coin, would love to have it, great pedigree, but...

    looks processed and too many hits for the 65 grade, IMO.

    At that price, PASS!

    There is obviously no such thing as the most beautiful coin of all time, any more than there is a most beautiful piece of art, most beautiful car, most beautiful person, etc. >>




    I agree. I would be shocked if that coin had a sticker on it. >>



    I am almost always shocked at how early gold looks relative to the grade on the insert. image

    I do remember being offered the James Stack 1795 $10. It was a blazing beauty, tho had recently been dipped IIRC. >>




    Here's where it would be nice is MS65 meant the same for every coin. I think it's confusing to have to say,

    "Yeah there's a lot of hits on it, but remember gold is soft. Therefore, you have to grade it higher than you would a silver coin with the same amount of hits."

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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Collectors focus on hits way too much - and too little on original mint frost. Especially for gold.
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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Collectors focus on hits way too much - and too little on original mint frost. Especially for gold. >>



    I will take mint frost and luster over a few nicks any day. image

    Mostly I can only afford circ grades so I usually get dirt to cover them up. image
  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,579 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Grading for Draped Bust era coinage is all over the planet.

    Personally, the nicest coin I ever saw was @ Long Beach in the spring of 2002? B & M brought a set of Unc. Bust $s they were going to auction. They had a 1799 (it was a common variety) that was fully struck, no contact marks, and midnight blue toning on the entire obverse and reverse of the coin. It as undergraded as an MS 64.
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  • JoeLewisJoeLewis Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Collectors focus on hits way too much - and too little on original mint frost. Especially for gold. >>



    Most grading standards focus more on hits than anything else on UNC. coins.

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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I would rather have a nice Gem example of a SBA dollar.....image >>





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