I traded for a piece of EARLY gold!

emily569 · April 20, 2021 8:48PM

It's really so nice

Batman23 · April 20, 2021 8:55PM

Nice classic gold. I think you did good.

1northcoin · April 20, 2021 8:55PM

Very nice and a real piece of history.

Wahoo554 · April 20, 2021 9:03PM

Awesome pickup! The coin looks wonderful and I can’t wait to see the Trueview! Such a scarce coin and I really love that it was actually used in commerce. So much character and nice eye appeal to boot. The stories that coin could tell... Well done!

kaz · April 21, 2021 4:46AM

Gorgeous coin, a nice piece of 18thc. US gold is a dream coin for me. Congrats on your astute trade!

ricko · April 21, 2021 4:52AM

That is a beautiful gold coin....Wow.... Congratulations on a super acquisition. Cheers, RickO

mark_dak · April 21, 2021 5:33AM

@asheland said:
Thanks everybody! This is a huge deal for me. I’m more of the “few hundred dollar coin budget” typically. I figured, why not... this is impressive and historical. I love it!

Yeah, same idea for me. When I had the opportunity to pick up the last piece of Charlotte gold I bought I let go of a little bit of 90% a day or two later. My "budget" sounds similar to yours... unless something crazy happens I can always pick up more 90% but like your deal, the price on the Charlotte gold was too good to pass up.

Anyway, if you change your mind and decide to sell her, judging from the comments here you can find plenty for buyers right here.

Mark

ThreeCentSilverFL · April 21, 2021 5:48AM

Good trade! Nice bust gold!

Oldhoopster · April 21, 2021 5:50AM

Hopefully, you've had the silver bars for awhile and they've gone up in value with the bullion Market. That would be icing on the cake. But even if you were into the bars at the current spot price, I think you made an Excellent trade.

Maybe silver goes up. Maybe the rare coin market goes down. Regardless, I think having a piece of 18th century gold would be a highlight of many collections.

Now you need to get working on the rest of the 18th Century gold type set

Bullsitter · April 21, 2021 6:21AM

Good trade.

asheland · April 21, 2021 7:02AM

@fiftysevener said:
Did you get image of the bars ?

I did actually, just for fun...

CalifornianKing · April 21, 2021 7:03AM

Nice! I think you made the right choice!

asheland · April 21, 2021 7:19AM

@Oldhoopster said:
Hopefully, you've had the silver bars for awhile and they've gone up in value with the bullion Market. That would be icing on the cake. But even if you were into the bars at the current spot price, I think you made an Excellent trade.

Maybe silver goes up. Maybe the rare coin market goes down. Regardless, I think having a piece of 18th century gold would be a highlight of many collections.

Now you need to get working on the rest of the 18th Century gold type set

Actually I did excellent, I almost doubled the value that I had in the bars. It puts me in this coin well below wholesale.

asheland · April 21, 2021 7:22AM

Thanks everybody!

CoinHoarder · April 21, 2021 7:46AM

I would have made that deal. That is one sweet problem free piece of early gold!

asheland · April 21, 2021 8:43AM

An interesting thing I noticed, when looking at Photograde, my coin is the one for the VF25.

wayfarer · April 21, 2021 8:50AM

Congratulations, great coin!

Smudge · April 21, 2021 8:57AM

Ya done good.

metalmeister · April 21, 2021 9:14AM

That's a keeper!

ilmcoins · April 21, 2021 9:34AM

Great decision!

SmEagle1795 · April 21, 2021 11:36AM

That's gorgeous!! Congratulations!

BryceM · April 21, 2021 11:46AM

I finagled a way to get an 18th century eagle too. They're immensely cool. Congrats.

asheland · April 21, 2021 2:17PM

@BryceM said:
I finagled a way to get an 18th century eagle too. They're immensely cool. Congrats.

I’d love to see it! 👍

Baley · April 21, 2021 2:20PM

Hellova coin, cool example of a type many collectors aspire to someday own and very few ever do. Congratulations!

clarkbar04 · April 21, 2021 2:30PM

A no brainer, good move. Sweet coin.

astrorat · April 21, 2021 2:42PM

@asheland said:
Actually I did excellent, I almost doubled the value that I had in the bars. It puts me in this coin well below wholesale.

Naw ... that's not really how economics works. You traded current fair value. Okay ... now that that's out of the way ... great trade. The character, history, and romance of that Eagle are monumental in comparison to the sterility of the silver bricks.

BryceM · April 21, 2021 10:44PM

The OP's coin sold via Heritage not too far back. The sale price wasn't so far off the current spot price of silver X 500.

Their photos are pretty nice too:

ShaunBC5 · April 21, 2021 11:18PM

Congrats! That’s an aspirational coin for most of us. Getting that coin for such a low cost basis is a huge win. I get the opportunity cost and today’s value, but since you’re a collector, I think you’re good to consider your position to be exactly as you stated it.
Turning silver bars into a numismatic rarity is an amazing win. When silver was at $28ish (2008?) I sold a bunch of (mostly) junk 90% and bought a 14D Lincoln. I’ve never missed those dimes. The fact that I got them when silver was more like $4 only makes it sweeter to me.

amwldcoin · April 22, 2021 4:40AM

Watch out! I'm sending my sticky fingered ferret to Asheville!

Downtown1974 · April 22, 2021 5:36AM

I consider myself to be a stacker/collector. I sold off a large portion of my silver bars and rounds a while back and purchased gold coins with the funds. I have never regretted it! Storing silver can be a royal PITA if you have a lot of it.

johnny9434 · April 22, 2021 5:42AM

If there's a coin I would love to own then there's really no hard feelings with parting other things congrats 🙂

asheland · April 22, 2021 7:20AM

Thanks everybody!

Avocet · April 23, 2021 4:35PM

Terry-- that is a great score! The coin you have acquired is extraordinary, and your deal left you the winner my opinion. I wish I had that coin! Great job!

ScarsdaleCoin · April 23, 2021 4:39PM

Fair deal. Nice pickup and certainly more interesting than silver bars

stealer · April 23, 2021 5:13PM

That's a great coin! Since reholdering was a part of the deal, it would've been awesome to crack it + play around with it for a bit before sending it off again.