NEWP: Charlotte Gold

itsnotjustme · July 10, 2009 11:34PM

Well, my 1859 Mint Set has a new member. 1859-C Half Eagle from Heritage. Now I just need to pay for it!

ambro51 · July 11, 2009 12:10AM

VERY NICE!

Contratz on a nice Southern Lady!

joecopper · July 11, 2009 12:13AM

Nice!
I never have owned a Charlotte coin but then I have never owned a gold coin.

DorkGirl · July 11, 2009 1:08AM

kaz · July 11, 2009 3:18AM

Cool coin! Why did you settle on 1859 for a year set? Just curious.

SeattleSlammer · July 11, 2009 9:30AM

looks unmolested, nice

ambro51 · July 11, 2009 9:36AM

Now you gotta get her little sister

OnlyGoldIsMoney · July 11, 2009 9:47AM

Nice coin! I do like that good southern gold.

CharlotteDude · July 11, 2009 10:57PM

Look's like a very nice pick-up for the date. Most folks opt not to pursue the '59-C and '60-C half eagles for type/mint mark sets due to their poor reverse details. Both dates always show mushy reverses (the mint used the same reverse die as was used in '59) due to a number of possible quality factors. Mint officials seemed to have acknowledged the error of their ways in '61 (the final year of production), by using the reverse die from '58. This die was still usable and retained much better detail than the '59 reverse die.

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NEWP: Charlotte Gold

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