1851-C $1 - update 18 months later (May 31, 2012)!

Weiss

Buying raw gold is like anonymous casual sex without a condom.

But when you have an addiction...

Rip me and her a new one. What do you think?

GoldenEyeNumismatics

choice AU, assuming there aren't problems that don't show in the photos.

Weiss

Thanks, goldeneye. How distracting is that ding at 6:00? That's a pretty accurate likeness--remember this is about 100x actual size

PerryHall

Check the edge. Many small gold coins have had loops expertly removed since they were popular for jewelry. From what I can see in your pics, it appears to be a nice AU50 and well worth the expense to get it slabbed.

ricko

Very nice acquisition.... Cheers, RickO

GoldenEyeNumismatics

<< <i>Thanks, goldeneye. How distracting is that ding at 6:00? That's a pretty accurate likeness--remember this is about 100x actual size >>



it appears to be a small strike-thru. I wouldn't worry about it.

Weiss

Thanks, guys. My dealer got it from a walk-in a few minutes before I got there. An old woman selling her mother's collection. He said she almost cried when he explained what the "C" meant, both in terms of mintmark and value. She assumed it was worth very little because of its size. He paid her well and offered to send it in for me with his next submission. I might just do that.

crazyhounddog

Looks okay by the imaging, and this little bugger is quite rare. Go for what ya know....

ambro51

I like it a whole lot and I'm grading it MS61 based on no visible wear on the extreme high points of the hair both by the headband and on the actual highest point if the hair on the bottom curl at the base of the bust

pakasmom

<< <i> He said she almost cried when he explained what the "C" meant, both in terms of mintmark and value. She assumed it was worth very little because of its size. He paid her well and offered to send it in for me with his next submission. >>



Nice coin and an even nicer dealer. Congrats on both counts.

BillJones

So long as there is nothing on the edge that indicates a mount, you did fine. It looks like an AU-50 to me.

I recently bought the same date in PCGS MS-63. Your coin is an eariler die state than my piece which is a plus for your coin. Here's a picture of my piece.

Weiss

Wow! That's a beauty, Bill!

Trade?

ambro51

Heres mine, PCGS AU55 CAC

renman95

<< <i>Buying raw gold is like anonymous casual sex without a condom.

But when you have an addiction...

///

Are we still talking coins?

Nice "pick up."

Frankcoins

<< <i>I like it a whole lot and I'm grading it MS61 based on no visible wear on the extreme high points of the hair both by the headband and on the actual highest point if the hair on the bottom curl at the base of the bust >>



Technically EF45 but it should grade AU50, maybe AU53. Lots of rub shows in the photo.

lordmarcovan

Here's mine.




PS- looks like a nice pickup, Weiss.

I'm still more impressed with your avatar, though.

BillJones

<< <i>Here's mine.




PS- looks like a nice pickup, Weiss.

I'm still more impressed with your avatar, though. >>



It's a good thing they didn't put the hole a little further to the left!

ColonelJessup

crusty 53-55

Weiss

I decided a few months back to concentrate on a box of 20 rather than my 40-years of hodge-podge collecting. In so doing I decided it was time to send in my very first submission to a TPG. I chose across the street because I had some GSA dollars I wanted to submit prior to sale and I liked the band style better.

So with baited breath I submitted my first stack a few weeks back. And was absolutely stoked over the results:















Again, I bought this raw for a few hundred dollars. Coinfacts says fewer than 600 pieces survive across all grades.

I didn't acetone it before I submitted it, and the images within the slab give a better idea of the crustiness the coin has vs. my raw shots with too much light on them. You can also see some of the coin's luster. And remember, these shots show the coin the size of a CD ROM. In real life it's the size of your pinky finger.

I hadn't noticed the die rotation, either. I think that's kinda cool.


I submitted another gold coin I'd gotten raw that I'd show on the boards almost two years ago to the day:



1914 $20 Saint grade revealed

VMRCC

<< <i> was absolutely stoked over the results:


Again, I bought this raw for a few hundred dollars. >>




I'd be absolutely stoked too! Congrats!

dizzyfoxx

Excellent. Nice score! I guess buying raw vintage gold isn't always like juggling pin-pulled hand grenades.

coinkat

congrats

steveben

nice coin!