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Has anyone here ever obtained any gold coin in change? Or just found a gold coin?

SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
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If so. tell us your tale.

A related question is: When did gold coins stop being used in day to day commerce? Was it after the stock market crash of 1929, or was it earlier, or was it only after FDR took office in 1933? I suspect most gold coins were not used in day to day commerce in the 1920's, the possible exceptions being $2.50 and $5.00 Indian gold coins being used for (at the time) larger transactions.

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  • loditomloditom Posts: 684
    I believe 1933 when they stopped making them.

    If I found one in change I would still be there standing in shockimage
    I have yet to find one detecting but one of these day'simage

    HH,Tom
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  • demodiggerdemodigger Posts: 1,012 ✭
    i've had better luck finding silver dollars. here's my only gold coin. i've witnessed others dig much nicer and bigger ones.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No gold coins yet, but I have high hopes. I have been doing research and hope to do some cache hunting in the near future. Needless to say, if I am successful, I will not post the results here. Cheers, RickO
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A couple of folks here have been lucky enough to dig a gold coin.

    I ain't one of them. image

    ... yet. image

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  • mrgubymrguby Posts: 684
    in order to find gold you have to look for were the rich people back then camped out.or did their swimming.maybe on old fairgrounds.for the most part i believe they went into safety deposit boxes for the kids.not to mention the great depression when most folks had to hand over fortunes to banks.
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