1858 Double Eagle
SkyMan
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I've been working on putting together an 1858 business strike set since 2008. It's been a long, slow, enjoyable trip. There are 29 Types/MM in the set. Two of these 29 I'll never be able to afford. Given the WIDE range in prices for the assorted Types/MM I've decided to set a top price that I'm willing to pay across the board for all Type/MM. The downside of this is that the set as a whole bounces between Gem mint state coins down to lower VF coins. The upside is that I get the finest coin I can for each Type/MM. There are three Double Eagles in the set; O, P and S. The S is by far the most common. The O is one of the two coins that I will not be able to afford for the set. The P is a tougher Type 1 date/mm. Here's my P double eagle for the set. It's in a PCGS OGH XF45/CAC slab. The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.
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I really like it! There is just something special about circulated old gold that this piece really has, what it is I don't know.
that is a great looking double eagle
Great coin.
Any reason why 1858 set?
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I was born in 1958, so this is a "Pre"-Centennial.
U.S. Type Set
Nice coin!
Latin American Collection
I love old gold with honest wear. Pretty piece!
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My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
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Nice coin!
The stories it could tell! Great looking Type I twenty.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Nice and very collectible in a set!
Looks like a solid, textbook XF 45. Very nice.
Nice, original double eagle. Love it!
That has a great look. Congrats!
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Nice going congrats!
Very nice old gold... While high grade gold is always beautiful, the gold that has seen commerce in it's time, has a special attraction... Your set sounds really interesting. Cheers, RickO
Looks like you have a nice one as it does not appear to have been dipped, heavily circulated or cleaned. Not n easy coin to find like this one.
One might say its bag marked up but being stored in vaults and tossed around are pretty much a characteristic of a type one DE. Nice and thanks for showing.