I have been looking for one of these for a long time!

liefgold

This is a very low mintage gold dollar, 1600 plus 30 proofs. Not a rare coin because so many were saved back in the day. Subsequently, you can find lots of them in MS67 to 68 but the price is pretty steep at that level. So I wanted a nice MS65. Finally got this one for a reasonable price. I love the PL fields and cameo look.

topstuf

Purdy!



Ordinarily not a fan of gold dollars, but that one could live here any time.

abcde12345

Wow. That's the sweetest little coin I've ever seen. Looks so much better than gem. Surprised CAC didn't gold that little lady.

JJSingleton

Good looking coin. Congrats!

oih82w8

Shows you what I know about gold...I was thinking proof instead of ms. Very nice!

jcping

A winner

LanceNewmanOCC

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nice heritage scans.



gr8 gold $1.



odd it is only 65.

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Jackthecat1

A beautiful little coin.

PaleElf

Nice find.

Baley

Wow, nice coin, sure looks finer than MS65

ChangeInHistory

Very nice!

Justacommeman

Great looking coin!



mark

lordmarcovan

Awesome!

HoledandCreative

A beauty! I'm still looking for a holed one, awaiting pm.

CaptHenway

Very Nice!

northcoin

Agree with all here that you have a nice coin. IMHO it even looks better not blown up. Assume the scratches on the blown up reverse are just on the holder?

Also IMHO that obverse would by itself grade a lot higher than MS65. If in fact the scratches seen on the reverse blow up are on the coin and not the holder, I didn't realize PCGS would net grade like ANACS and/or some of the other Third Party Grading Services used to do, but it appears that is what they have done, unless their policy is to just assign the lower grade of either side.

liefgold

Thanks for all the nice comments. The scratches on the reverse are on the holder.

Flatwoods

That's a great looking coin. Congrats!

ricko

Very nice gold coin....as others have said, it appears even better than 65... Cheers, RickO

asheland

Great addition!

garrynot

Very nice coin, congrats.

roadrunner

Has the appearance of copper nickel coloration vs. yellow gold. Any thoughts on that assuming it's not just the lighting or photography?

steveben

i can see why they were saved instead of spent. pretty gold dollar!

AmazonX

Wow, that's a stunning goldie. Looks better than 65.

oldlinecoins

Wow, great contrast!

I don't usually like the look of gold dollars but this one is splendid

LanceNewmanOCC

Originally posted by: roadrunner

Has the appearance of copper nickel coloration vs. yellow gold. Any thoughts on that assuming it's not just the lighting or photography?

scans, high-end, but scans nonetheless.



ive read/heard it allows them to process maddening amounts of coins with decent results all considered.



goodness only knows about the bulbs and settings.



in-hand, it would be closer to the large images. the scanner effect can unintentionally enhance pl-ish fields.



i do concur it is prettier in the full-slab shot due to the contrast but is somewhat artificial.



i'd take a whole set of g$1 just like this and die a happy numismatist.

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Walkerfan

She's a real beauty of a gem.



Clean and satiny.

etexmike

Beautiful piece of gold. Congrats on the addition.





Mike

coinlieutenant

Cool coin and cool date. So many low mintages in that 1879, 80, 81 run in lots of denoms.

LanceNewmanOCC

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old thread

is this destined for PL status now?
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ricko

The pictures seem to indicate it has a chance at PL....Cheers, RickO

drei3ree

I can't believe it's not a proof...Yes, definitely send it in for PL.

liefgold

If that 1880 has a chance at PL, I've got to think this one is a lock.

asheland

Both are beauties!