Dahlonega Gold and a relatively NEWP

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  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This is like a bridge from my coin collection into my oddball jewelry collection, a good friend of mine gave me an older stickpin box and it’s perfect for my two stickpins:

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  • breakdown
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    Boosibri, that 47-D HE looks special - I would try to find it also.
    Many nice coins in this thread.

    "Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.

  • Proofmorgan
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    Love it!

    Collector of Original Early Gold with beginnings in Proof Morgan collecting.
  • Boosibri
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    @breakdown said:
    Boosibri, that 47-D HE looks special - I would try to find it also.
    Many nice coins in this thread.

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  • Avocet
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    Incredible coins here -- especially love the 47-D HE, 39-D QE classic head, and the 41-D QE-- but every one of the coins just shared is mind-blowing. I have been fortunate to become the caretaker of some ex-Aururia coins...

  • Copperindian
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    @Avocet: great thread! I wish there was a way to combine this one with @asheland’s similar entitled thread; both are superb!

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  • Avocet
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    @fastfreddie said:
    Bump for a newp. Photos courtesy of DWN


    Congrats! That is a beautiful 1850-D that carries a nice "skin of trade". Coins like this one don't last very long on Doug;'s site...

  • Typekat
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    @asheland

    I still love your 1841 Dahlonega $5!

    If you EVER think of giving it up, please give this ole Georgia boy a shot at it!
    I’ve got a 44-D that I like, but yours puts it in the shade!

    30+ years coin shop experience (ret.) Coins, bullion, currency, scrap & interesting folks. Loved every minute!

  • asheland
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    @Typekat said:
    @asheland

    I still love your 1841 Dahlonega $5!

    If you EVER think of giving it up, please give this ole Georgia boy a shot at it!
    I’ve got a 44-D that I like, but yours puts it in the shade!

    Thanks man! B)

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  • Azurescens
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    Okay can someone educate me on Dahlonega and D mint marks? I've always only ever known D as Denver. This feels like one of those Berenstain Bears things to me right now and I'm kinda freaking out

  • fastfreddie
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    @Azurescens said:
    Okay can someone educate me on Dahlonega and D mint marks? I've always only ever known D as Denver. This feels like one of those Berenstain Bears things to me right now and I'm kinda freaking out

    The Dahlonega Georgia mint was in operation from 1838 until 1861, well before Denver minted it's first coin in 1906. The congressional act of March 3, 1835 created the branch mints of Dahlonega, Charlotte, and New Orleans. One reason for their creation was the danger and length of transporting bullion to Philadelphia.

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  • Typekat
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    Oh man!
    @Azurescens Berenstain Bears trigger alert!
    I encountered those books when my wife smuggled them into the house for our very young kids….they gave me a chill

    Who can forget:
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