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Double Eagle Graded PCGS Good-6 - Not Something You See Every Day...
ianrussell
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Friday afternoon here at the office and a really cool coin came across my desk.
Check this out. A Double Eagle graded Good-6. It's the lowest graded by 24 (there is a VF-30) in 1876, and now I look at the populations on the whole series, there aren't that many graded in single digit grades - a few here and there, but next to nothing. I know it's not a terribly valuable coin (it's all relative), but certainly won me over on the cool factor, just because it really got use.
- Ian
Check this out. A Double Eagle graded Good-6. It's the lowest graded by 24 (there is a VF-30) in 1876, and now I look at the populations on the whole series, there aren't that many graded in single digit grades - a few here and there, but next to nothing. I know it's not a terribly valuable coin (it's all relative), but certainly won me over on the cool factor, just because it really got use.
- Ian
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Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
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But I'll probably bid less than melt.
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Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
is it possible to reclaim all the worn off gold?
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As long as it goes for slightly less than melt?
<< <i>That coin worked for this country! >>
More likely a pocket piece. In any event, looks like a neat coin with a lot of character.
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<< <i>Looks overgraded to me............
I agree. With the rim worn into the stars / letters on both sides, I'd grade it no more than AG-03.
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<< <i>Looks overgraded to me............
I agree. With the rim worn into the stars / letters on both sides, I'd grade it no more than AG-03. >>
Glad to see a few of us still know that as a grading point. Funny thing is it would probably be worth more graded less.
<< <i>I like it. It's got character. >>
yes it most certainly does
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<< <i>Looks overgraded to me............
I agree. With the rim worn into the stars / letters on both sides, I'd grade it no more than AG-03. >>
I agree. It needs to go back to PCGS for "grade review". The owner will get the coin back in an AG-3 holder and the value difference between a G-6 and an AG-3, which is about 8 cents.
It was NOT artificially worn.
<< <i>Pocket piece I bet. >>
A pocket piece for sure which makes it less interesting than some might think. This one has spent most of its existence in a dark cloth bag with other coins and not a cash register or drawer. Come to think of it you never see spots for gold coins in old cash registers. That tells you something about what was in circulation 80 or more years ago.
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<< <i>Pocket piece I bet. >>
A pocket piece for sure which makes it less interesting than some might think. This one has spent most of its existence in a dark cloth bag with other coins and not a cash register or drawer. Come to think of it you never see spots for gold coins in old cash registers. That tells you something about what was in circulation 80 or more years ago. >>
I highly doubt gold pieces circulated with regularity enough that they would need to be easily accessible in a slot in a cash register... were one to come in, it probably would have been tucked under a counter/into a safebox, etc.
Bill, your comment reminded me of a pic in one of QDB's books (I think his '70s Adventures with Rare Coins one) wherein he was visiting a old Colorado hotel, with an antique phone that had slots for various denominations, including one for silver dollars! Must have been a very high-end and unique phone in a well-to-do hotel, from a time when making a call could be an "event", and probably a bit pricey.
<< <i>Bill, your comment reminded me of a pic in one of QDB's books (I think his '70s Adventures with Rare Coins one) wherein he was visiting a old Colorado hotel, with an antique phone that had slots for various denominations, including one for silver dollars! Must have been a very high-end and unique phone in a well-to-do hotel, from a time when making a call could be an "event", and probably a bit pricey. >>
Two comments about that. First silver dollars did circulate well in the western United States. That was main area of the country that they saw any extensive use, and that's why there was a slot for them on that pay phone. Second, yes, long distance phone calls were expensive in those days. If you go way back before the introduction of switching machines, a call had to be linked though a series of cord boards. That's right. You had to have an series of operators stick their cords into the right series of holes to complete the call which was labor intensive to say the least. It's easy to see why it took so long to compete a long distance call in the old days and why they were so expensive. Also all calls were carried over phone lines on poles, which were expensive to build and maintain.