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Heck of a deal on a $5 gold commem

CoinHuskerCoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭
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UNC 1988 $5 gold commem

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The seller must be pretty disappointed.
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  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭
    probably a poor ending date/time as well, too bad.
  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭
    OMG!!! half of spot!!!image

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It doesn't look right to me. I wouldn't have bid.
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  • MoneyLAMoneyLA Posts: 1,825 ✭
    gold or copper??
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  • percybpercyb Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>gold or copper?? >>



    Right. That doesn't look like gold to me.
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  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭
    That's the UNC version of the coin, it's not a proof is why it looks that way. Here's going to have to get it in a holder to get anywhere near spot since it doesn't have the box and papers.
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's not so much the color or the matte finish, it's the deadness of the coin. It just doesn't look "right". Apparently others felt the same.

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  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭
    It looks like the ones I have with the box and COAimage Lighting is everything when shooting coins.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,231 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That's the UNC version of the coin, it's not a proof is why it looks that way. Here's going to have to get it in a holder to get anywhere near spot since it doesn't have the box and papers. >>



    Why wouldn't any undamaged US mint struck legal tender gold coin be worth at least melt even without the original packaging?

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  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>That's the UNC version of the coin, it's not a proof is why it looks that way. Here's going to have to get it in a holder to get anywhere near spot since it doesn't have the box and papers. >>



    Why wouldn't any undamaged US mint struck legal tender gold coin be worth at least melt even without the original packaging? >>



    Mainly because it's lose and people would question if it's real. Really this series (common dates) have always been cheap in the OGP. Most of mine I got for under spot. I could see someone paying $175 or so for this one.
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