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Finished a set — OF GOLD

P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 3,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

Okay, it's only a three coin type set but it feels like an achievement nonetheless. Here are my three gold dollars. None had TrueViews when I bought them, but I sent them in recently for Gold Shield holders.


MS63 CAC — snagged this beauty from Gerry Fortin. I really like the color.
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AU55 CAC — from the good folks at In God We Trust Coins. It has an interesting die clash for added character.
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MS63 — this was an unexpected pickup that sparked my interest in the tiny gold dollars. I found myself in La Jolla, CA and just happened to walk past United Coin & Precious Metals. The proprietor, Peter, and I struck up a conversation and he pulled out about a dozen gold coins that just came back from PCGS. This is the one that caught my eye.
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Nothing is as expensive as free money.

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  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,997 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A set is a set and yours is a great one.
    Wayne

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  • CryptoCrypto Posts: 3,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool, I did the O mint set of gold dollars and love it, unfortunately they never made a type3.

  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,960 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations! It’s a great looking set!

  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice set. Well matched and top end. Congratulations!!

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,706 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool! I love the little dollars. :smile:

  • MrBlusterMrBluster Posts: 360 ✭✭✭

    Congrats nice group.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,791 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice gold dollar type set. Clashed dies are very common on the Type 2 gold dollars. Your specimen has an unusually sharp strike on the date.

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  • LJenkins11LJenkins11 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on the set, excellent looking gold dollars you have there.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,147 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice I like

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very, very nice gold coin set.... Gold can be addicting, and it looks like the bug has bitten you... ;) Cheers, RickO

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,534 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is aspirational! Thanks for sharing!

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  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,097 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice. I especially like your Type 2 -- I found that to be a surprisingly difficult issue in terms of finding a coin with a look I liked at a price that seemed reasonable to me. Yours is very appealing.

    mirabela
  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 3,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mirabela said:
    Very nice. I especially like your Type 2 -- I found that to be a surprisingly difficult issue in terms of finding a coin with a look I liked at a price that seemed reasonable to me. Yours is very appealing.

    The Type 2 was definitely the most challenging. Would have loved to grab a 63 to match the other two coins, but the prices gets nuts on these in Mint State. Glad I was able to find this attractive 55 CAC.

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,097 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @P0CKETCHANGE said:

    @mirabela said:
    Very nice. I especially like your Type 2 -- I found that to be a surprisingly difficult issue in terms of finding a coin with a look I liked at a price that seemed reasonable to me. Yours is very appealing.

    The Type 2 was definitely the most challenging. Would have loved to grab a 63 to match the other two coins, but the prices gets nuts on these in Mint State. Glad I was able to find this attractive 55 CAC.

    That's exactly where I landed too. I paid strong money for a 55 CAC that looked better to me than most of the 58's I was seeing. Mint state was out of the question.

    mirabela
  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations!

  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,042 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think they all look great and love the variety in appearance from the orange peel 1853 to the die clashed 1854 and then the very lustrous 1888.

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  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 3,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @liefgold said:
    BE CAREFULL! That is the way my set started. Now it looks like this:

    Gadzooks! That's quite a crew of gold dollars. I don't have enough funds to specialize in a set of them as I have a few other sets in progress, but it may be one I tackle in the future. Thanks for sharing!

    Nothing is as expensive as free money.

  • csdotcsdot Posts: 705 ✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations! I would suggest you start a registry type set for the three gold $1 coins, but your coins are so nice that you will likely knock me out of the rankings. :smiley:

    Anyway, here are my three gold $1 coins, which I now realize I must have photographed under three very different lighting conditions to get such varied gold colors:

    https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/album/147420

  • csdotcsdot Posts: 705 ✭✭✭✭
    edited October 31, 2021 12:17PM

    @liefgold said:
    BE CAREFULL! That is the way my set started. Now it looks like this:


    You need to find a 12-step program for your addiction. ;):D

    Congratulations on the world class set you have put together. o:)

  • erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,274 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it!

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,741 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations! Getting the three types of gold dollars is an accomplishment.

    I was able to get all three gold dollar types because I got lucky with the Type II. It was relatively expensive, even back in the 1960s.

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  • kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭

    Very nice.

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