PCGS was conservative on this one

Desert Moon · December 9, 2015 10:32AM

When I saw the QE below in hand at FUN a few years back I did not hesitate (like 3 seconds) and did not ask for the price. It had everything going for it, rich surfaces, rare D mint variety, and looked right. I just said 'this is mine'. After committing to buy and writing the check, the dealer asked me if I wanted it to be sent into CAC which he was happy to do as I was not a member yet. It meant I could not take it home with me, but we both wanted to see what would happen. I thought it was strong for the grade but we were both happy with the result. I need to work on my gold bean image.

When you receive the gold bean, they give you a nice little card to go with it. As of today, 32 liberty quarter eagles have received the gold bean, only 3 with D mint marks, and 9 total with any mint mark at all. 4707 liberty quarter eagles have received the green bean. This attests to how often the TPG's undergrade this series - you guessed it, not darn often......

Best, SH

coinsarefun · December 9, 2015 10:42AM

Oooo, I like that one very much!!!!

keyman64 · December 9, 2015 10:51AM

Really nice!

msch1man · December 9, 2015 11:04AM

Beautiful coin...really like the color and the little bit of dirt down in the crevices (especially in the eagle's wings)...just a great look.

CharlotteDude · December 9, 2015 11:17AM

That is an absolutely gorgeous coin.

'dude

kaz · December 9, 2015 11:19AM

Ka-boom. (sound of socks blowing off both feet)

Justacommeman · December 9, 2015 11:24AM

Gorgeous!

mark

Zoins · December 9, 2015 11:25AM

Great looking coin! Congrats!

etexmike · December 9, 2015 11:31AM

A beautiful piece of gold.

Mike

TopographicOceans · December 9, 2015 11:33AM

Amazing coin.

breakdown · December 9, 2015 11:42AM

I just read Akers and Winter in CoinFacts and you seem to have located a true outlier. The date apparently almost never comes with eye appeal and is usually very baggy. Yours defies that. Great piece.

By the way, Akers said he never saw a "strictly uncirculated" example of this issue.

Justacommeman · December 9, 2015 11:45AM

The more I look at this coin the more I like it. Uber cool

mark

Walkerfan · December 9, 2015 11:51AM

Wow, that's a beauty! Clean, sharp & original. Rare Dahlonega gold.

BryceM · December 9, 2015 11:59AM

Outstanding!

georgiacop50 · December 9, 2015 12:06PM

Schwinggg...!

TomB · December 9, 2015 12:10PM

That is spectacular!

TwoSides2aCoin · December 9, 2015 12:33PM

I like conservative almost as much as splurge when the coin's right.

steveben · December 9, 2015 12:36PM

off the charts eye appeal!

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD · December 9, 2015 3:13PM

Absolutely Beautiful...Congrats!

cecropiamoth · December 9, 2015 5:00PM

Outstanding looking coin! Worthy of being a collection centerpiece. Congrats.

Jeff

Boosibri · December 9, 2015 6:12PM

Love it!

oih82w8 · December 9, 2015 7:15PM

Branch mint gold is really cool!

My question is "why didn't the seller send it in before listing it for sale?" It could have brought a stronger price for him/her...but so much the better for you!

winky · December 9, 2015 8:33PM

One of the finest known. Congrats.

Walkerguy21D · December 9, 2015 9:08PM

Beautiful coin and a nice write up with great photos!

Desert Moon · December 11, 2015 5:00AM

Thanks Folks!

Best, SH

golden · December 11, 2015 7:48AM

Very nice.

leothelyon · December 11, 2015 8:18AM

Makes me wonder if the Gold bean has another meaning, like, 'yes, we would really really like to purchase/own this coin'. There is noticeable wear all over the 1841-D, I believe it has been accurately graded or it's 5 points over.

Leo

Christos · December 11, 2015 8:29AM

Well it just makes sense that you should have a gold bean to go with the beautiful gold coin, what a nice pick up.

Desert Moon · December 11, 2015 9:42AM

Originally posted by: leothelyon
Makes me wonder if the Gold bean has another meaning, like, 'yes, we would really really like to purchase/own this coin'. There is noticeable wear all over the 1841-D, I believe it has been accurately graded or it's 5 points over.

Leo

Here is a point of comparison:

DWN AU58

GRANDAM · December 11, 2015 10:37AM

Originally posted by: Zoins

Great looking coin! Congrats!

I am afraid to ask but what is your icon supposed to be?

msch1man · December 11, 2015 11:30AM

Originally posted by: leothelyon
Makes me wonder if the Gold bean has another meaning, like, 'yes, we would really really like to purchase/own this coin'. There is noticeable wear all over the 1841-D, I believe it has been accurately graded or it's 5 points over.

Leo

Grading is subjective and ultimately an opinion...but, I'd say our opinions on this coin vary by a wide margin.

I personally would grade this coin a solid AU-55 (with tremendous eye appeal)...look at the detail in the feathers around the shield on the reverse and in Liberty's curls on the obverse. Regardless of what the grade on the holder says, it's a beautiful coin (again, in my opinion

).