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1907 High Relief Double Eagle....can you believe someone would wear this around their neck!
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many, many key and dear coins.
My Great-grandparents were give a presentation 1870-cc dollar from Carson City Mint director
Abe Curry. It was money to them and not a numismatic item. Fortunately Abe had the dollar
engraved with their initials so they kept it. But, unfortunately preservation was not at the top
of the list and my Great-grandmother kept it in her change purse from 1870 to her death in
1933. That's 63 years of wear in a purse. Then her daughter, my Great-aunt, put it in a bracelet
and wore it everyday! She passed in 1960 or so.
Values were different regarding money/coins in 1870 or 1907.
bob
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When these pieces were issued, as it is today, they were considered to be great works of art. Therefore using it as jewelry back in the day is not at all far fetched.
This coin, despite the problems will probably bring a price close to $10,000. The nice ones (Mint State) are now selling for $20,000 and up.
<< <i>During the 1980 boom, when the market was awash in money, I saw a few circ. High Reliefs around dealers' necks. It was a cool thing to do back then. >>
Classic case of monkey see - monkey do.
Pardon me, I gotta run and get another tat.
Not a high relief but I've been wearing a Saint for years. Yeah, yeah, I know it's gaudy and tasteless, but hey, that's me!!!
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Not a high relief but I've been wearing a Saint for years. Yeah, yeah, I know it's gaudy and tasteless, but hey, that's me!!! >>
...very nice coin just the same. and at least it doesn't have a big hole drilled into it!
<< <i>Back when they were issued they were just $20. I think even some Stellas were used as jewlery. They were great looking coins. >>
The High Relief $20 gold pieces weren't "just $20" for very long. From what I've read they were bringing $30 apiece a few months after they were issued. If you lived in "East Podunk" when you had a small town bank, those institutions never got any. If you wanted one, you had to pay to for it, even in 1908.
I know, cynical.
I had more class than that. I put an 1807 Quarter Eagle into a diamond-studded gold ring.
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In the mid 1970s when I was a producer at CBS News in New York, one of the executive producers (I don't want to mention her name) wore one around her neck in a gold bezel on a gold chain. I stopped her and told her that she had a valuable coin "in that bezel." She told me she inherited it and wore it for the sentiment it represented. Otherwise she didn't care.
Some of you might be familiar with my own personal story...
When I was a kid -- like 10 years old -- 1962 -- my grandfather gave to my mother one of the first three silver dollars that my great grandfather was paid with when he first came to this country.
It is was a nice bright morgan. I remember looking at it, and then checking my red book (yes I collected coins). I remember saying to my mom that it had some value, but I dont recall what the red book said.
I asked her if I could have it for my collection.
"No," she said. Nehru styles were in then. She had it dipped in gold, had a gold mount soldered on it, and she wore it on a chain. She wore it for years, if I recall.
When my Mom passed away about ten years ago, my sister found "the silver dollar on the chain" in a box. She asked me if I remembered it. Yes, I said.
I looked at it closely when I got it. 1884-S. Now covered in dipped gold, scratched, dinged, with a gold hoop soldered on.
If only Nehru jackets weren't the rage...
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<< <i>During the 1980 boom, when the market was awash in money, I saw a few circ. High Reliefs around dealers' necks. It was a cool thing to do back then.
I had more class than that. I put an 1807 Quarter Eagle into a diamond-studded gold ring.
You had a Honduras 20 Pesos around your neck, right?
3Mark
<< <i>Back in the day, Armand Champa wore a $50 PacPan round on a chain.
3Mark >>
He could have gotten an octagonal and made ear rings for his wife!!!!
Now that would be CLASS!!!!!
LOL
<< <i>Sure!
When these pieces were issued, as it is today, they were considered to be great works of art. Therefore using it as jewelry back in the day is not at all far fetched.
This coin, despite the problems will probably bring a price close to $10,000. The nice ones (Mint State) are now selling for $20,000 and up. >>
<< <i>Its a 5-6k coin nonetheless >>
In looking at the seller's feedback, it seems the seller just bought this coin in an eBay auction for $4,750 from qualityrarecoins (aka BNB). Perhaps the seller thinks he can do better in another eBay auction just days later???? Seems like eBay is making money off this coin either way
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Not a high relief but I've been wearing a Saint for years. Yeah, yeah, I know it's gaudy and tasteless, but hey, that's me!!! >>
very gangsta
<< <i>Not in the same price range, but am I the only one who owns (and wears) mercury dime cuff links? Also, my wife has a 1923 silver dollar in a necklace mount. It belonged to her mother. >>
What's a cuff link?
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