Very Cool "Worst" U.S. Gold Type Set in Capital Plastic Holder

ianrussell · January 28, 2015 3:06PM

One of my friends brought this Worst U.S. Gold Type Set to Long Beach today. Check these coins out!!!

Rumor has it, it was put together by a dealer/collector in Florida over many years.

Photos by Todd (BluCC) at the show.

Lakesammman · January 28, 2015 3:10PM

Wow - that Saint is slick! Some of those would make great golf ball markers.

jayPem · January 28, 2015 3:17PM

I would love to find a few like these at melt someday...the three different Indians are great, and the $20 Lib

TopographicOceans · January 28, 2015 3:53PM

It can't be the World's Worst - I can still make out the Indian Princess.

It needs a downgrade.

Timbuk3 · January 28, 2015 4:06PM

Absolutely "sweet", I love it !!!

lasvegasteddy · January 28, 2015 9:30PM

interesting to say the least
like that price sticker on back

oih82w8 · January 28, 2015 9:38PM

I would ask how much he paid, but it may wind up on someone's auction site.

jdimmick · January 28, 2015 9:40PM

That saint is unbelievable , smooth even worn down to a nub.

astrorat · January 28, 2015 9:41PM

<< I would ask how much he paid, but it may wind up on someone's auction site. >>

$88.50 ... the world's best price.

ms70 · January 28, 2015 9:43PM

I'd love to have that.

ricko · January 28, 2015 10:20PM

It does have a 'cool' factor.... took some work to find those worn coins...Cheers, RickO

ChangeInHistory · January 28, 2015 10:27PM

That's very cool, gold that did its job.

TwoSides2aCoin · January 28, 2015 10:31PM

Another dummie doing the dirty deed.

And it's cool to me.

Edit to replace the conjunction "but" w/ "And".

Banemorth · January 28, 2015 10:44PM

I'm surprised I like that as much as I do. But I really like it.

toyz4geo · January 28, 2015 10:47PM

Poor man's gold type set. Way cool. Wait.....can you say poorman and gold in the same sentence?

53BKid · January 28, 2015 11:07PM

Can you imagine how many years these coins spent as pocket pieces?

Thanks for showing Ian.

messydesk · January 28, 2015 11:08PM

Cool! I'll pay $88.50 for that.

coinlieutenant · January 28, 2015 11:11PM

Very cool post and collection.

Love it.

Broadstruck · January 28, 2015 11:31PM

The $20 Saint is really cool

Tomthecoinguy · January 28, 2015 11:42PM

<< Cool! I'll pay $88.50 for that. >>

At one point that was all it was worth. Seems $88.50 is the amount of face value in the set, if I am identifying all the denominations correctly.

Ablinky · January 28, 2015 11:45PM

That's actually really neat.

rhedden · January 28, 2015 11:47PM

Can't even buy those for Melt without weighing them. Half of the metal is worn away! What a cool lowball set!

SilverBlind · January 29, 2015 12:15AM

Real cool set, so much wear that you really have to appreciate it.

asheland · January 29, 2015 12:20AM

Very cool!

Davideo · January 29, 2015 12:50AM

Thanks for sharing. I like lowball gold. It takes a lot more guts to have a $20 gold pocket piece than a Morgan or something. Though presumably the gold wears relatively quickly.

TwoSides2aCoin · January 29, 2015 12:55AM

Whoever gets it will be challenged to downgrade it.

WaterSport · January 29, 2015 1:13AM

Dang LOL, I thought I had a bad set. Mine is ex jewelry, bent, cleaned stuff.

WS

Baley · January 29, 2015 1:29AM

Really great conversation piece. I like how it includes the classic quarter and half eagles, and the type 2 dollar and $3.

Neat custom case, I do find the order of the spaces slightly odd but not altogether unreasonable.

winky · January 29, 2015 3:04AM

Beautiful set even tho they are gone.

johnny9434 · January 29, 2015 5:41AM

<< Absolutely "sweet", I love it !!!

>>

agreed, ya gotta love it

mrearlygold · January 29, 2015 7:08AM

That sets gonna be tough to beat!

DennisH · January 29, 2015 7:11AM

Love it!!

Nic · January 29, 2015 8:34AM

Sweet!

gonzer · January 29, 2015 8:53AM

<< The $20 Saint is really cool

>>

Yeah, I give it a Siskel & Ebert.

Broadstruck · January 29, 2015 8:56AM

<< 

<< The $20 Saint is really cool

>>

Yeah, I give it a Siskel & Ebert. >>

That's the ultimate coin for a collector with a foot fetish!

Meltdown · January 30, 2015 2:23AM

I'm late to the viewing party. What an awesome set!

Justlooking · January 30, 2015 3:48AM

Maybe the World's Coolest, but never the World's Worst. Those are awesome.

steveben · January 30, 2015 4:17AM

love the set and the price tag.

mozin · January 30, 2015 7:16AM

Time to send the set off to PCGS for grading. PCGS has a Low Ball Gold Type Registry set category. There are already eleven members with such sets showing.

topstuf · January 30, 2015 8:50AM

I sure wish I had taken pix of my "shaggy dog" type set in the Dansco.

Album FULL.
Priority given to counterfeits and corrosion that was growing like stalagmites.
The Kennedy half was a scrap from a "cutout."

One of the half dimes musta bin "chawed" by a horse or something. All chomped up.

One seated dollar was 1859S with hole plugged with lead.
The Walker AND the Frankie were phonies.

Counterfeit Franklins MUST be scarce.

When I sold it on CoinNet, it sold FAST!

Was fun building it.

pocketpiececommems · January 30, 2015 10:13AM

This set is about the neatest collection that has been on these boards for awhile. The problem with having them graded is that a lot of them could not be graded because you can't see the date or the MM. This collector sure knew when to find them and saved them from the melting pot.

ianrussell · January 30, 2015 12:59PM

I'll have this set on display at my table tomorrow at Long Beach. Table 513.

- Ian

CaptHenway · January 30, 2015 11:47PM

I would love to know the weight of that Saint, just to see how much weight was lost. I weighed out a batch of slick Morgans once and the lot averaged 7% light.

Bullsitter · January 31, 2015 1:07AM

I bet that was fun to put together.

TwoSides2aCoin · January 31, 2015 1:09AM

<< I bet that was fun to put together. >>

Since this place doesn't have a "LIKE" button, it's just as easy to up my post count in concurrence with many here.

pocketpiececommems · December 14, 2016 8:07PM

Just have to look at these again

Lakesammman · December 14, 2016 8:19PM

I give up - is that last one a Saint??

coinlieutenant · December 14, 2016 8:42PM

Me likes.

ChrisH821 · December 14, 2016 8:56PM

I like how even the holder is scratched up.

roadrunner · December 14, 2016 9:00PM

@jdimmick said:
That saint is unbelievable , smooth even worn down to a nub.

With no date, it can't qualify for a PCGS low ball PO-1 grade.

Very Cool "Worst" U.S. Gold Type Set in Capital Plastic Holder

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