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A new piece of crusty early gold

BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Well.. A little earlier than normal. Thanks to JA at CRO.



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Latin American Collection

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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,246 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pretty! I like how the "dirt" outlines the details on the rev. Great color on the obv.
  • lunytune2lunytune2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭
    Love old foreign gold . But I always talk myself out of it . I want one of these Italian pieces

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  • GazesGazes Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing
  • YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice buy, Brian.
    Good ole King George!!
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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was LUSTING over that piece. Outstanding eye appeal as always from CRO.
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  • msch1manmsch1man Posts: 809 ✭✭✭✭
    Great coin...really love the color!
  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 'mad' King George. I like the toning of that piece.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ooh. The "Rose" guineas are so much more appealing than the "Spade" guineas. image



    (I've only had the latter.)



    You're right- that one is "crusty" in all the right ways- that's the kind of toning I like on my circulated old gold! image



    Here's some even older "crusty" gold. I was a tad bummed out by the "details" grade it received, but love the look of the coin. I may give it a try ATS, in hopes of a straight grade. (FWIW, if there are any signs of clipping, i.e. "filed rims", I have been unable to see it.)







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    My one-and-only piece of Southern gold is also kinda crusty.



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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: lunytune2
    Love old foreign gold . But I always talk myself out of it . I want one of these Italian pieces

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  • DaveWcoinsDaveWcoins Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TwoSides2aCoin

    Originally posted by: lunytune2

    Love old foreign gold . But I always talk myself out of it . I want one of these Italian pieces



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    Not too sure about the rest of the world and can only speak for me, but… through it all (Life), let that voice inside lead you to what makes you happiest. This will make everyone around you happier, too.



    And, it makes me happy, and feel like a YN at 61, this morning (reading this one post) ! Grab hold of a piece of the past and it will launch your future , today.

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    Hey -- reading those words is a great way to start my day -- thanks!





    Oh, and great coins in this thread, BTW.



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  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,852 ✭✭✭
    I like crusty old gold. Nice pickup.





    Mike
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wrong forum! image













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    Nice Guinea!
    I love it!

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  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that's how a circulated piece of gold should look. amazing patina!
  • RB1026RB1026 Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭✭
    You can count me in as a fan of that one! Fantastic piece.



    Congratulations!
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice old crusty gold...and some nice gold coins in the rest of this thread... Cheers, RickO
  • ranshdowranshdow Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭✭
    Here's it's little southern brother.

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  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,146 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow... That is a gorgeous coin... Definitely bean-worthy, if they stickered that kind of thing.

    The other pieces look pretty darn amazing too...

    'dude
    Got Crust....y gold?
  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Actually I think colonial gold is undervaled. ??
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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ok Lunytoons here's one for ya.......

    For sale too!

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool Hydrant, what did you pick up?

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hydrant image

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  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
    boosi should get a cut. image
  • JohnnyCacheJohnnyCache Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Boosibri,

    You consistently come up with excellent coins possessing nice eye appeal.
    Congratulations on this recent acquisition!

    What is there not to love about crusty gold

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: JohnnyCache

    Boosibri,



    You consistently come up with excellent coins possessing nice eye appeal.

    Congratulations on this recent acquisition!



    What is there not to love about crusty gold




    Thanks! Perhaps more correctly, a few trusted dealers continue to find awesome coins and I keep paying for them.

    Latin American Collection

  • OnlyGoldIsMoneyOnlyGoldIsMoney Posts: 3,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sweet 1842-D $5 Lord Marcovan! Last week I filled the 1842-D hole in my collection with this $2.50.

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The ex. RYK 42-D $2.5. Nice coin!

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  • JJSingletonJJSingleton Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: OnlyGoldIsMoney

    Sweet 1842-D $5 Lord Marcovan! Last week I filled the 1842-D hole in my collection with this $2.50.



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    Wow! That's quite a set.image

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  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: JJSingleton

    Originally posted by: OnlyGoldIsMoney

    Sweet 1842-D $5 Lord Marcovan! Last week I filled the 1842-D hole in my collection with this $2.50.



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    Wow! That's quite a set.image





    yeah no doubt. not only is it a great set, but some of the examples by themselves are outstanding. well done.

  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like it! Good date too!
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  • FredFFredF Posts: 527 ✭✭✭
    Not an early gold guy so pardon the newbie question, but what is the "dirt" that outlines the details? Is it toning of the metal used in the alloy? Or is it a physical substance that stuck to the coin? (Just trying to understand the "crust" in "crusty gold.")

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bump for DrK

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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great coin! image
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool coin, great date 1776 and of course, that's the King George that the colonies declared independence from that year



    I've got a 1787 shilling, don't have a picture but it's not unlike this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/GREAT-...166:g:~zIAAOSwstxVIap1



    I liked having the Constitution year tie-in, also have a 1787 gold 1 escudo for the same reason, a very nice and slightly dirty AU coin of which I also have no picture



    thanks for posting, I'd like to have one like it some day, great surfaces on that guinea

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