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Exciting NEWP! I finally got my Type 2 Gold Dollar! GTG

ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Finally found her! :smiley:
This isn’t the best picture, I’ll try to add one showing the luster better...
I love the color and especially the strike!


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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dern CLEAN ! THAT is nice!

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Aww....I love every aspect of your NEWP <3 Congrats
    Don't you just love those slanted 55 ?

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    tommy44tommy44 Posts: 2,341 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice pickup. I like it a lot. I'll guess somewhere between MS58 and MS62. I reserve the right to change my mind if you change the pictures.

    it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

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    MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice. Congrats.

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find!!

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MUCH better pics here:

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    <3<3<3

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    tommy44tommy44 Posts: 2,341 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can't remember seeing a 8 that well struck up and the lack of distracting clash marks makes this piece particularly attractive. Ill stick with my MS58 - MS62 range for a grade.

    it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,054 ✭✭✭✭✭

    She's a beauty! I like her at AU58.

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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats!!!

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    logger7logger7 Posts: 9,654 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably average unc., huge price spike from AU to Unc. on those.

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    WildIdeaWildIdea Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Besides it being gold,I’m into flying eagle cents, so the reverse agricultural wreath of this one is of interest to me for that.

    Nice job adding it to the collection! You have been getting nice ones lately. That’s gotta feel good

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm at 58. Will probably get a 62. Nice T2. Love pre Civil War gold.

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    privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,797 ✭✭✭✭✭

    63

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,792 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My guess is that it is in an MS-63 holder. The 1855 gold dollars seem to come better struck the 1854 Type IIs from my experience. I have a PCGS graded MS-63, 1855 dollar which I like better than the 1854 Type II I have in an MS-64 holder.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @tommy44 said:
    I can't remember seeing a 8 that well struck up and the lack of distracting clash marks makes this piece particularly attractive. Ill stick with my MS58 - MS62 range for a grade.

    Exactly my thought! I noticed the 8 is weak, but fully struck and rather sharp, just shallower than the other digits and no clash marks whatsoever! Given that and the sharp detail I believe it to be an earlier die state.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:
    My guess is that it is in an MS-63 holder. The 1855 gold dollars seem to come better struck the 1854 Type IIs from my experience. I have a PCGS graded MS-63, 1855 dollar which I like better than the 1854 Type II I have in an MS-64 holder.

    Bill, I'd love to see both of those!

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Crisp digits:
    (Crappy pic) :D

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,792 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 6, 2018 1:38PM

    @asheland said:
    @BillJones Those are superb!

    Thank you! Your piece has a really nice strike regardless of what NGC graded it.

    I also have this one, which I purchased many years ago when prices were a lot higher. Rather that taking a bit hit on it, I have just let it sit. It's a PCGS AU-55.


    This 1855-O is just an AU, but the strike was really sharp.


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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,530 ✭✭✭✭✭

    At least AU58. Very nice and better than most. B)

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks everybody! @BillJones Those are great, someday I'd like to get an O mint and perhaps Charlotte and Dahlonega, too. :)

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,792 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    Thanks everybody! @BillJones Those are great, someday I'd like to get an O mint and perhaps Charlotte and Dahlonega, too. :)

    If you want the Charlotte coin, get used to ugly. Those are by far the worst made Type II Gold Dollars and probably the worst made of all the gold dollars. The 1855-D has a low mintage and is legitimately scarce. There are some well struck examples of that coin, however.

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    divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice pickup on the type II dollar. When I had my gold pieces about 25-30 years ago, that was one I never had.

    I hope to have one as nice one day.

    Congrats on getting yours. Donato

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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,931 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These are so very difficult to find nice. I like this one a lot. Grade? Doesn’t matter to me - I just like it.

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a 58 to me.
    I like it.

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,792 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mannie gray said:
    Looks like a 58 to me.
    I like it.

    If it is an AU-58, it's a superior AU-58.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks everybody! I’ll reveal the grade tonight or tomorrow morning...

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    RWMRWM Posts: 208 ✭✭✭

    Only need the three dollar now!

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    <3 MS 63

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll reveal in the morning to give a few more members a chance to guess. Thanks everybody so far for the kind words, I am very happy with this addition!

    Just need the big sister $3!

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :) The way you are progressing from the time of 1928 Newp ..... the big sister $3 is only lurking For YOU ;)

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:

    @mannie gray said:
    Looks like a 58 to me.
    I like it.

    If it is an AU-58, it's a superior AU-58.

    Looking at the coin on my PC monitor, I agree and it looks more 62ish.

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    ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,109 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's very nice for a Type 2, great choice.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice gold coin... I would guess 62..... I like these tiny gold coins... Cheers, RickO

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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very solid for a 58. Looks 6 or 7 points nicer than my NGC 55

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    Peace_dollar88Peace_dollar88 Posts: 1,255 ✭✭✭✭✭

    great looking coin! love old gold!

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    divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely solid for the grade. :+1::+1:

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    KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good for you. Enjoy

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    RB1026RB1026 Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭✭

    Great coin! That thing is hammered. It reminds me of the 49-O. That's another tough one to find with a FULL strike, Congrats on the excellent newp!

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great coin and excellent for the grade. Congrats on a very nice example of a scarce and desirable coin.

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