Gold for the holiday weekend. Sorry it's a little late.

BECOKA · August 29, 2008 3:54PM

coinsarefun · August 29, 2008 4:04PM

forgot a few

fruitloops · August 29, 2008 5:52PM

Nice gold! Keep it coming!

Boom · August 29, 2008 5:54PM

I dunno,

Boom · August 29, 2008 6:01PM

OK, I'll put one up for ya!

BECOKA · August 30, 2008 1:27AM

Keep it coming.

ricko · August 30, 2008 1:30AM

Gold is always nice - early or late... and that is one impressive die clash... there was a thread this week about gold anomalies... that one would take the prize. Cheers, RickO

Smittys · August 30, 2008 1:35AM

coinsarefun · August 30, 2008 1:39AM

Its gold

Stefanie

Broadstruck · August 30, 2008 1:47AM

A 2006 Finned Partial Collar AGE Error...

coinman420 · August 30, 2008 1:55AM

Broadstruck · August 30, 2008 2:07AM

BECOKA · August 31, 2008 6:11AM

Bump for a slow weekend.

adamlaneus · August 31, 2008 6:16AM

This coin came in an original variety, where the fill metal was silver...
and a restrike where the fill metal was mostly copper.

The pale color of this coin indicates it is one of the original silver strikes. It is very obvious when compared with other copper-based gold coins.

Also, this coin has a really great set of die polish lines on the reverse; an interesting finish.

Mintage of 5,346,000 21mm. 6.4516g. 0.1867 oz of gold

BECOKA · August 31, 2008 6:20AM

Adam, you really have to stop buying these really cool gold coins.

adamlaneus · August 31, 2008 6:32AM

Yes. I 'really have to stop'.

Mexican Viente Pesos, 1959 bullion restrike. NGC MS-64 Eliasburg. 16.6666g. 27mm. 0.4823 oz of gold.

It has a large copper spot on the obverse, 'in the ground'. It is good to know that this coin has not been dipped. And the spot is in a good location and the eye easily misses it, as we are used to seeing 'dirt on the ground'.
Lots of luster. I need to play with lighting on this one. This is a 'quick and dirty' photograph.

BECOKA · August 31, 2008 6:34AM

OK, I have a new favorite, that Eliasburg is out of this world.

adamlaneus · August 31, 2008 7:02AM

Another pretty coin, with an interesting history.

Minted only in 1930, only about 15 thousand were released into circulation. The remaining 80,000 or so were stored and eventually, rumor has it, sold to private collectors and dealers by the Argentinian Central Bank in 1998. I'm sure there is more to that story. If someone claims a low mintage of 14 thousand and therefore jacks up the price, realize that this particular coin has a different history of distribution than most!!! It is a very available coin!

This is a shiny, uncirculated coin which is obviously one of the latter. It has a carbon spot and is a little baggy. It also has a very nice luster that shows the strike devices on the other side of the coin very well.

Link

8.49g. 22mm. 0.2501 ounce of gold

adamlaneus · August 31, 2008 7:14AM

A recent raw purchase from my local B+M store.

1929 Vatican 100 Lire. First year of mintage, 10000 pieces.

This coin looks very clean, with only a few marks in the field on the reverse. A tick on the obverse. A few copper spots appear to make the coin look dirty in some lighting, but indicate to me that the coin has not been dipped or fussed with. I love how clean the surfaces look! I love the design! The lighting has really picked up the luster and grains of metal flow.

8.8g. 23mm. 0.2943 ounce of gold.

Gold for the holiday weekend. Sorry it's a little late.

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