New all-time most expensive coin. Got one?
barbershopper
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I just got an e-mail from Heritage with info about a 1794 PCGS SP66 silver dollar that sold for $7,800,000, or maybe it was $7,850,000.
Speculation is that it could be the first one of these to come off the dies.
Maybe you already knew about this but it's the first I'd heard of the sale.
JT
Speculation is that it could be the first one of these to come off the dies.
Maybe you already knew about this but it's the first I'd heard of the sale.
JT
It is health that is real wealth, not pieces of gold and silver. Gandhi.
I collect all 20th century series except gold including those series that ended there.
I collect all 20th century series except gold including those series that ended there.
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I my opinion, it is a nice coin, but it's not the finiest known from what I've seen and I don't see it as the first one that came off the dies. The price seemed to be on the high side to me.
I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.
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Julian, I really can't argue with that. Besides, it's bigger than a nickel and easier on my myopic eyes.
If no one ever mentioned it before, that was a really excellent choice for an icon for a guy who's been around almost as long as that Injun
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J1905/P1998
The Saint Gauden's Indian Head double eagle. This obverse design ultimately became the regular design for the eagle. This used to be J1776 in earlier editions.
This is one of the most famous and valuable of all the pattern designs. It is struck in high relief but not as high as the Ultra High Relief J1907-J1909/P2000-P2003. This used to be J1778 in earlier editions.
The example in gold J1905/P1998 is unique and has the following pedigree ex Barber, Newcomer, Boyd, Edgar H. Adams, Numismatic Gallery, Farouk, Kosoff, Wilkison, Paramount, A-Mark, Julian M. Leidman, 1981 ANA lot 2434, Hancuck and Harwell, Auction ’84, Private East Coast collector.
There is also an unique example struck in lead J1906/P1999 in the ANS via Martin Kortjohn. This used to be J1777 in earlier editions.
Additional information can be found in Judd, Pollock and David Akers 'United States Gold Pattern' book.