Added an 1857-O $5 for my New Orleans $5 set
Boosibri
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Doing my set in VF/EF and added this tough date from Doug Winter's latest offerings. VF35 CAC
Here is a link to the set:
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/gold/new-orleans-gold-5-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1909/album/214157
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Fantastic coin!
That’s a beautiful edition. Fits great with the rest of your set.
Nice coin - I wish they could tell tales.....
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Ohhhhhhhh crusty gold...sigh.
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That is really nice. Scarce too.
Great coin! Nice addition.
Nicely done!
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Cool coin. The font used for the date has real character!
Very nice original coin!
Wow ... that's nice!
sweet half eagle
Wow. mintage only 13,000, last pre civil war HE from the NOLA mint. For a circulated gold coin, no marks worth mentioning. Great color and dirt.
Doug sure had a great eye for nice old gold. Congratulations Brian.
Hard not to love coins like this.
Very nice!
Nice pickup. Set is coming along nicely...that'll be a heck of a set when you're done. Personally, I prefer sets that are done like this in a relatively narrow grade band where none of the coins stick out as being either too nice or not nice enough.
Very cool pickup! Congrats.
The 1890’s dates may be the most difficult to find in this grade range given how relatively common they are.
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What a nice, wholesome looking coin!
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For the set I am going to have to ignore the 1909-O. Such a waste of money for such an expensive relatively common coin.
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Very nice coin for the grade... well done. I was going to ask about the 1909-O, but agree... far too common a coin to justify the price levels - similar to the 1907 HR Saints.
Even though mine was a AU55 that I sold a couple years back, I like yours better Boosi - it has that look in gold that we all strive to collect. Given there are less than 100 extant, this is a really big find. Chapeau for scooping it from Doug when it came up, I will bet it would have lasted only 20 seconds longer if you had not got to it first.
Best, SH
Very nice gold coin... and fits that very attractive set well....Good luck with the rest of them. Cheers, RickO
How very nice for a Southern branch mint coin.
Nice set.
She is a beauty, congratulations. I like it a lot. It is one of three I lack to complete my NOLA Liberty half eagle set and they just don't come up for sale very often.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Which others are you missing?
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47, 56, 57 but my set id nowhere near as nicely matched as yours.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
A nice addition for sure I like
Great looking coin!
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That 47-O is so dang tough. 50 coins extant or so. I have seen 2-3 coins in 15 years which were worth buying.
I bought mine 12 years ago. This is when DW was listing coins on a bit more of an irregular schedule vs. the telegraphed times today. I was at my best friends wedding and woke up way too early the next AM and checked the site and bang there it was. Got lucky to snag it.
The 42-O in my set I bought the day my son was born. I was walking out of the hospital for an air break and got the email from @RYK.
Good memories.
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Same mint!
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Great date. I owned the 1857-O $5 AU58+ PCGS, and that sold very quickly as well.
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That's a nice looking half eagle that did an honest day's work...over and over again.
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