For the old holder enthusiast who does not mind a pretty cool coin...
RYK
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Just kidding, of course. This is an amazing, fresh-from-the mint example, via the Clapp-Eliasberg collection and other intermediaries (including an ebay sale!):
I would trade a lot of dirty gold for that one.
Edit: I do not mind that it does not have a sticker.
I would trade a lot of dirty gold for that one.
Edit: I do not mind that it does not have a sticker.
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That slab is pristine!
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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I remember viewing that coin at the Eliasberg sale and being awed.
I also remember when the coin reappeared later in a major dealer's inventory in a superb 12 piece gold type set. (One other standout in that set was a superb SPECIMEN STRIKE 1904-O $10!)
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<< <i>WOW.
That slab is pristine! >>
It looks like the slab was probably cleaned in the past...
Nice coin with a long history. You should get it!
...otherwise, I would get it.
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Thanks for sharing RYK!
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<< <i>Is this coin for sale somewhere? >>
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<< <i>Beautiful!! You'd be crazy not to pick it up!!
Why would I buy that?
I already have one.
Edit: Well, I am the current high bidder!
<< <i>I could spend a lot of time looking at that gem.
Edit: Well, I am the current high bidder!
No, you're not.
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<< <i>I could spend a lot of time looking at that gem.
Edit: Well, I am the current high bidder!
No, you're not.
Damn snipers.
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<< <i>I could spend a lot of time looking at that gem.
Edit: Well, I am the current high bidder!
No, you're not.
Damn snipers.
<< <i>Are the gold experts in agreement with the grade? >>
I am not an expert and have seen only one (of six, including this piece) MS-69 in hand. I think it would be hard to make such a determination from the image, but it looks like it could be one of the top coins in the entire Liberty $5 series.
No doubt it's near the top for the series.
K
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<< <i>Beautiful!! You'd be crazy not to pick it up!!
Why would I buy that?
I already have one.
Nice!
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K
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It's been a little while since I've seen a coin here that made me say that. I was not aware of any business-strike Pre-33 gold wearing such a label. Of course, at the very top, the precise number means less. Surely it ranks #1 with no other contenders.
From the Heritage description:
Among those enamored of this singularly beautiful 1894-S half eagle was David W. Akers. Its next auction appearance was in the Akers section of Auction '88 and he had this to say:
"When this cataloguer attended the famous Eliasberg Sale in 1982 and viewed all the lots, I felt that this 1894-S Half Eagle was the single highest quality coin in the entire sale... I considered it (and I still do) perhaps the finest business strike gold coin of the 19th Century I had ever seen and I wanted it for my own collection sooo [sic] badly. But so did Marty Haber and we battled, bid for bid, all the way up to the seemingly 'unconscionable' price of $19,800 for the coin, with Mr. Haber the winning bidder. As the bidding will show conclusively when this coin sells now in 1988, that price was an incredible bargain."
<< <i>Sweet. I bet it would bean, too. >>
If it qualifies then it should have a sticker on it by the time the sale goes off. Odd though that it doesn't have one already considering the description is already written and it's only 3 weeks or so to the auction. If I owned it the coin would have been tried well before the sale or was to be reviewed when received by Heritage. MS69 CAC stickers on Liberty gold aren't example common. There are 3 one dollar golds in MS69, no $2-1/2's, a single $5 Lib (1900-s), no $10's, and no $20 Libs. A single $20 1907 High Relief in MS69 rounds out the census of 5 stickered MS69 classic gold coins. You'd think with >100 MS68/69 Wells Fargo 1908 Saints that a few of those would be stickered. Nope, not even a single stickered MS68 out of that group yet. Highest graded PCGS 1894-s $5 Lib is a lone MS64.
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<< <i>Sweet. I bet it would bean, too. >>
If that's the case, then it should have a sticker on it by the time the sale goes off. Odd though that it doesn't have one already considering the description is already written and it's only 3 weeks or so to the auction. If I owned it the coin would have been tried well before the sale or was to be reviewed when received by Heritage. MS69 CAC stickers on Liberty gold aren't example common. There are 3 one dollar golds in MS69, no $2-1/2's, a single $5 Lib (1900-s), no $10's, and no $20 Libs. A single $20 1907 High Relief in MS69 rounds out the census of 5 stickered MS69 classic gold coins. You'd think with a number of MS68/69 Wells Fargo 1908 Saints that a few of those would be stickered. Nope, not even a single MS68 out of that group yet. >>
I tend to agree with RR on this one....you'd think it would have been sent to CAC prior to the big auction.....but nonetheless, even a "low end 69" is an oxymoron.
<< <i>Old Mr. Clapp setting the bar for all the collectors from Pittsburgh who would follow >>
Was he older than Old Man Rooney?
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