I mainly collect/hoard any pre-33 gold, but here is a series I have been working on for a few years. I only pick up a couple of these a year so it will be some time before I finish this set.
@1northcoin said:
Thanks for a fun thread. Some excellent postings above.
Here is one I have collected from the Double Eagle "series". along with some added narrative:
@ricko said: @1northcoin ... Wow... Your 1850 PR is a real beauty.... I love gold coins, and that one is a really nice one. Cheers, RickO
Thanks. I don't claim mine is necessarily a proof even though that is what it was described as in the 1870 James B. Longacre Estate Sale. Max Mehl in a subsequent auction (before it eventually ended up in the hands of Dr. C.W. Green) had high praise for the coin but he stopped short of deeming it a proof. I am content to agree with numismatic researcher and author Karl Moulton's having identified the coin as a "First Strike" or "Trial Piece."
The one referenced as a proof and offered in my earlier post for comparison (pictured in that post below my 1850) is in a Paris museum. David Hall and others who have seen it in person have described it as a proof. There appears to be a consensus that it is a proof since its origin has been traced back to a special presentation set that was made in October of 1850. Mine is described in the original Longacre Estate auction listing as having come from the first dies and could well be the first one minted given that it had been retained in the personal collection of its designer Longacre.
The first minting of the Double Eagles for circulation was at least as early as February of 1850, many months prior to the Paris specimen's minting in October.
Apologies if that was TMI (too much information.)
The 1850 Double Eagle Proof and the Paris Museum in which it is housed:
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I mainly collect/hoard any pre-33 gold, but here is a series I have been working on for a few years. I only pick up a couple of these a year so it will be some time before I finish this set.
Positive BST as a seller: Namvet69, Lordmarcovan, Bigjpst, Soldi, mustanggt, CoinHoader, moursund, SufinxHi, al410, JWP
1840’s QE’s
Love Seated and proof sets too: Here is a nice one from 1860...great colors
Type and toned commems, always loved these two categories and haven't strayed much in 60 years of collecting.
Commems and Early Type
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
I really like HTT's, so many different designs, political slogans, merchants....
Other than my first love for Lincolns my next favorite is my 1940 year set to celebrate my mothers birth year.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Colorfully toned MPL’s!
Has to be seated!!
Long live the Busts! One of my favorite coins from my favorite series to collect, and a date I really enjoy
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Those Lincoln proofs are very nice! I especially like the 1915.
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Thanks for the comment.
U.S. Type Set
My 2 specimens in CC gold are my favorites.
1883-CC PCGS XF-45
1876-CC NGC XF-45
Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.