Finished a set — OF GOLD

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P0CKETCHANGE
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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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  • bsshog40
    bsshog40 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice looking set! Congrats!

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  • WAYNEAS
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    A set is a set and yours is a great one.
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  • Crypto
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    Very cool, I did the O mint set of gold dollars and love it, unfortunately they never made a type3.

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  • Downtown1974
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    Congratulations! It’s a great looking set!

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

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

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  • MrBluster
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    Congrats nice group.

  • PerryHall
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    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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  • LJenkins11
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    Congrats on the set, excellent looking gold dollars you have there.

  • johnny9434
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    Nice I like

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

  • lkenefic
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    This is aspirational! Thanks for sharing!

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  • mirabela
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    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
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    @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.

  • mirabela
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    @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
  • SkyMan
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    Congratulations!

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  • TomB
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    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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  • P0CKETCHANGE
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    @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!

  • csdot
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    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:

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    @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:)

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  • erwindoc
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    I like it!

  • BillJones
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    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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  • kimber45ACP
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    Very nice.

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