Bought raw - thought it should be submitted to PCGS!!

Windycity · December 31, 2014 3:55AM

Talk about totally original... I picked this up a while ago and it was in this envelope. I paid a bit more than the $6 price tag!! Submitted to PCGS and they liked it!!

123cents · December 31, 2014 3:57AM

Congratulations! that is a beauty.

DollarAfterDollar · December 31, 2014 3:58AM

Cool deal.

Bet the notes on the envelope were written in the 1930's.

PTVETTER · December 31, 2014 3:59AM

that's a winner for sure!

steveben · December 31, 2014 4:01AM

nice coin! was it a lot more than $6 or a little more than $6? either way, it sounds like you might deserve a "you suck" award. nicely done!

Boosibri · December 31, 2014 4:01AM

That's really cool, congrats!

crazyhounddog · December 31, 2014 4:05AM

WOW!!!!

CaptHenway · December 31, 2014 4:14AM

Excellent!

Mark · December 31, 2014 4:18AM

That's really nice! What a cool pickup and coin. Do you know anything more about the envelope, eg, who wrote it, when was it written, or????

Cacoinguy · December 31, 2014 4:38AM

Stunning coin !

DennisH · December 31, 2014 4:41AM

What a gorgeous little thing!

messydesk · December 31, 2014 4:44AM

Great opportunity taken! Very nice coin!

Kyle · December 31, 2014 4:50AM

Stunning coin.

Have anymore information on the backstory? Where you bought it?

lasvegasteddy · December 31, 2014 4:58AM

sweet example there
what a rocking grade with a rocking example

after market envelope though

most if i'm not mistaken original proofs from back then were in mohair like lined tin presentation boxes

huge congrats

Timbuk3 · December 31, 2014 5:10AM

Sweet !!!

johnny9434 · December 31, 2014 5:10AM

thats wicked cool, congrats

Baley · December 31, 2014 5:11AM

<< <i>Stunning coin.

Have anymore information on the backstory? Where you bought it? >>

Yep, everyone's curious where someone "picks up" something like this. Great coin!

bosco5041 · December 31, 2014 5:22AM

That's a beauty!

lkeigwin · December 31, 2014 5:29AM

Nice! A gorgeous example. Congrats.
Lance.

jmski52 · December 31, 2014 5:53AM

Wow!

WaterSport · December 31, 2014 5:54AM

The crowd here loves it! And so do I!

WS

Windycity · December 31, 2014 5:55AM

This coin was picked up with a collection from the sellers Grand Father... most everything was Whitman folder circulated silver coins and average circulated currency.... and this one gold proof dollar. I paid a very fair price for it and hoped it would grade well. While I do not know any more about the original owner, I can only assume this coin was purchased by the Grand Father or perhaps great grand father and kept in the family for a very long time. Thanks for the comments... pretty happy with this one. Good way to end 2014!!

Bochiman · December 31, 2014 5:59AM

I love seeing things like this......it shows how WRONG people are when they say that "all the good coins have already been submitted to a TPGS and the raw ones that are out there aren't worth it".....
This shows how wrong that is!

Congrats! It looks beyootiful!

Cocoinut · December 31, 2014 6:16AM

Very cool coin and story! I would guess it was purchased in the 1920's or 1930's. My 1932 edition of Max Mehl's Rare Coin Encyclopedia shows his buying price for 1886 gold dollars ranging from $1.60 to $2.50.

Interesting side note: on the previous page of Mehl's book, proof trade dollars were worth 75 to 80 CENTS!!! Wouldn't we all love to be able to go back in time?

Jim

TopographicOceans · December 31, 2014 6:19AM

I like it too

sparky64 · December 31, 2014 7:26AM

Outstanding.

icsoccer · December 31, 2014 7:50AM

DeliaBug · December 31, 2014 7:51AM

Wow. It takes some serious stones to buy raw proof gold. Good eye!

Justlooking · December 31, 2014 7:57AM

REAL nice. Wowee.

Smittys · December 31, 2014 8:36AM

Love it

Yorkshireman · December 31, 2014 9:09AM

Beautiful

breakdown · December 31, 2014 9:09AM

Great story. Very happy that it worked out.

georgiacop50 · December 31, 2014 9:23AM

Wow! FNChiguy!

puffer · December 31, 2014 10:12AM

Nice coin, looks to be worth around $10K.

Price Guide*
Grade Coin World
(Coin Values) Numismedia
Retail Numismedia
Wholesale Heritage Value
Index NGC
Price Guide NGC+ PCGS
Price Guide PCGS+
64 $8,000 $6,690 $5,350 $4,500-$5,750 $6,690 $7,200 $6,900 $7,350
65 $13,000 $12,410 $9,925 $8,000-$9,750 $12,310 $13,300 $12,500 $13,000

Goldbully · December 31, 2014 10:21AM

Speechless!

nepbrs44 · December 31, 2014 10:59AM

That one is a beauty! Congrats on that.

SeattleSlammer · December 31, 2014 11:08AM

Now that's something you don't see everyday. Pretty awesome.

nwcoast · December 31, 2014 11:37AM

Great history/story!

And, one crazy gorgeous coin!!!

Congratulations on the clean grade... So nice that it had been safely tucked away in that envelope, and not messed with, for all these years....

coinkat · December 31, 2014 11:39AM

congrats... terrific coin

OldEastside · December 31, 2014 11:41AM

Beautiful, hope it stay there for the next 128 years

Steve

SkyMan · December 31, 2014 1:29PM

That's a beautiful coin!

CaptHenway · December 31, 2014 2:31PM

Can't believe that nobody has yet said:

"That's my grandfather's handwriting! Thank you for finding our long-lost treasure!"

Wolf359 · December 31, 2014 6:50PM

Close to DCAM if you ask me. What a score.

luckybucks · December 31, 2014 9:43PM

<< <i>Cool deal.

Bet the notes on the envelope were written in the 1930's. >>

Ah to have been a coin collector back then !!.

Super nice coin !!

ricko · January 1, 2015 12:10PM

Marvelous coin.....congratulations....Cheers, RickO

etexmike · January 1, 2015 1:03PM

I'm with the crowd here. She is a beauty.

Mike

littlebear · January 2, 2015 1:32PM

Absolutely magnificent!!!

Larry L.

Nap · January 2, 2015 11:04PM

Nice coin!

I love old envelopes and dealer tickets. The Brits are more into keeping that stuff than Americans are.

I think you did the right thing getting it slabbed though. Surface is too delicate to be sliding around in an envelope.

Bought raw - thought it should be submitted to PCGS!!

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