@Rainbow_Rim said:
I have sometimes wondered about carrying a problem coin as a pocket piece until the problem wears off. Maybe that would remove the brightest surface scratches. It would still have the deeper scratches, but might develop an interesting look.
What if it falls out of the pocket? Then what would you do?
I would be getting myself over to where this piece was found armed with my Deus metal detector which is excellent on gold.There could be a broken jar of $5 Libs just below the ground surface waiting to be discovered.
Gold is found where it's been found before.
“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong. I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein- quoted in Saturday Evening Post interview (1929)
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” For Einstein, honesty was fundamental. Attention to truth in small things reflected a person’s integrity on a larger scale.
@mr1931S said:
I would be getting myself over to where this piece was found armed with my Deus metal detector which is excellent on gold.There could be a broken jar of $5 Libs just below the ground surface waiting to be discovered.
@TomB said:
You could consign it to an auction and the auctioneer might write something like-
"The 1880-S Liberty half eagle is a common coin for the series, but few have the wholesomeness and honest wear that this coin possesses. This, in combination with barely noticeable pedigree marks, serves to give this coin a place of honor in the discernible collector's cabinet."
A few nearly imperceptible blemishes visible under a neutron microscope accent this otherwise immaculate piece. Opportunity knocks loudly. We’d call it a Five D. Casanova!
@Rainbow_Rim said:
I have sometimes wondered about carrying a problem coin as a pocket piece until the problem wears off. Maybe that would remove the brightest surface scratches. It would still have the deeper scratches, but might develop an interesting look.
What if it falls out of the pocket? Then what would you do?
You read about someone else finding it on the road.
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
@asheland wrote:
The cuts look white, but I promise you they’re totally the correct color for gold. It’s just hard to capture that with the phone.
Yes, this is one of the main problems with using a phone camera instead of a dedicated camera (like a Canon, Nikon or Sony).
The phone doesn't have a way to set white balance, so the colors can be off.
But often you can get the color right by using a different background.
Even with a dedicated camera, you have to learn how to set the white balance based on the light source you are using.
There is a default automatic white balance setting, but it assumes sunlight, and it's not right for most interior lighting.
Indeed, the background is everything when it comes to the phone camera, I learned that over time with trial and error, with a darker background, dark copper looks excellent, but with a light background, forget it!
This slab shot is a great example. I tried it before with a light background, and it looked awful, but with this dark blue background, I think it looks pretty excellent, for a cell phone:
Funny this $5 liberty scratched-up melts for $800 and just over a year ago, $550 got me this one:
Gold has definitely been good to anyone who has held it for any amount of time…
@asheland said:
Funny this $5 liberty scratched-up melts for $800 and just over a year ago, $550 got me this one:
Gold has definitely been good to anyone who has held it for any amount of time…
I remember when gold was $500 an ounce. Back a decade and a half ago.
@asheland said:
Funny this $5 liberty scratched-up melts for $800 and just over a year ago, $550 got me this one:
Gold has definitely been good to anyone who has held it for any amount of time…
I remember when gold was $500 an ounce. Back a decade and a half ago.
A few of us here can remember when gold was $35 an ounce.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
@asheland said:
Funny this $5 liberty scratched-up melts for $800 and just over a year ago, $550 got me this one:
Gold has definitely been good to anyone who has held it for any amount of time…
I remember when gold was $500 an ounce. Back a decade and a half ago.
The lowest I remember seeing it was under 300 like 280? Something like that I seem to recall that being around the year 2001?
Now we are getting more for 1/10 ounce AGE than the full ounces were back then… Really hard to get used to that…
@asheland said:
Funny this $5 liberty scratched-up melts for $800 and just over a year ago, $550 got me this one:
Gold has definitely been good to anyone who has held it for any amount of time…
I remember when gold was $500 an ounce. Back a decade and a half ago.
The lowest I remember seeing it was under 300 like 280? Something like that I seem to recall that being around the year 2001?
Now we are getting more for 1/10 ounce AGE than the full ounces were back then… Really hard to get used to that…
Yea back as far as I remember it is around the $300 mark. Bought a nice necklace back then cheap for pawn amount of $200 then and its scrap value today is pushing up near $5k. Very nice find in the wild on that $5 piece.
@asheland said:
Funny this $5 liberty scratched-up melts for $800 and just over a year ago, $550 got me this one:
Gold has definitely been good to anyone who has held it for any amount of time…
I remember when gold was $500 an ounce. Back a decade and a half ago.
A few of us here can remember when gold was $35 an ounce.
Back when gold was a dollar an ounce, pirates retired early and dentists still took doubloons. 🏴☠️💰
@asheland said:
Funny this $5 liberty scratched-up melts for $800 and just over a year ago, $550 got me this one:
Gold has definitely been good to anyone who has held it for any amount of time…
I remember when gold was $500 an ounce. Back a decade and a half ago.
The lowest I remember seeing it was under 300 like 280? Something like that I seem to recall that being around the year 2001?
Now we are getting more for 1/10 ounce AGE than the full ounces were back then… Really hard to get used to that…
Yea back as far as I remember it is around the $300 mark. Bought a nice necklace back then cheap for pawn amount of $200 then and its scrap value today is pushing up near $5k. Very nice find in the wild on that $5 piece.
How does that math work? $200 dollars at $300 spot was at best 40 grams of 14k. That’s not even 2500$ melt at todays crazy values
@asheland said:
Funny this $5 liberty scratched-up melts for $800 and just over a year ago, $550 got me this one:
Gold has definitely been good to anyone who has held it for any amount of time…
I remember when gold was $500 an ounce. Back a decade and a half ago.
The lowest I remember seeing it was under 300 like 280? Something like that I seem to recall that being around the year 2001?
Now we are getting more for 1/10 ounce AGE than the full ounces were back then… Really hard to get used to that…
Yea back as far as I remember it is around the $300 mark. Bought a nice necklace back then cheap for pawn amount of $200 then and its scrap value today is pushing up near $5k. Very nice find in the wild on that $5 piece.
How does that math work? $200 dollars at $300 spot was at best 40 grams of 14k. That’s not even 2500$ melt at todays crazy values
My apologies, I forgot to mention that I bought it off a guy I knew cause he was going to pawn it and buy his wife an anniversary gift. That's how I got it so cheap, went off the pawn shop pricing.
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What if it falls out of the pocket? Then what would you do?
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I would be getting myself over to where this piece was found armed with my Deus metal detector which is excellent on gold.There could be a broken jar of $5 Libs just below the ground surface waiting to be discovered.
Gold is found where it's been found before.
“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong. I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein- quoted in Saturday Evening Post interview (1929)
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” For Einstein, honesty was fundamental. Attention to truth in small things reflected a person’s integrity on a larger scale.
Recent rains possibly tornado exposed it.
A few nearly imperceptible blemishes visible under a neutron microscope accent this otherwise immaculate piece. Opportunity knocks loudly. We’d call it a Five D. Casanova!
You read about someone else finding it on the road.
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
For those of you that wouldn’t pick up a coin on the street because of germs etc wonder how many passed on this one
Lafayette Grading Set
Yeah, it’s around 800 melt, and I’m not sure what the plans are. It belongs to the shop I work at. I think he’s just gonna send it to our distributor.
We had a regular customer that was interested, but I guess he changed his mind. I kind of tried to talk him out of it cause it’s really bad.
My YouTube Channel
Indeed, the background is everything when it comes to the phone camera, I learned that over time with trial and error, with a darker background, dark copper looks excellent, but with a light background, forget it!
This slab shot is a great example. I tried it before with a light background, and it looked awful, but with this dark blue background, I think it looks pretty excellent, for a cell phone:
My YouTube Channel
Funny this $5 liberty scratched-up melts for $800 and just over a year ago, $550 got me this one:
Gold has definitely been good to anyone who has held it for any amount of time…
My YouTube Channel
I remember when gold was $500 an ounce. Back a decade and a half ago.
A few of us here can remember when gold was $35 an ounce.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
The lowest I remember seeing it was under 300 like 280? Something like that I seem to recall that being around the year 2001?
Now we are getting more for 1/10 ounce AGE than the full ounces were back then… Really hard to get used to that…
My YouTube Channel
Yea back as far as I remember it is around the $300 mark. Bought a nice necklace back then cheap for pawn amount of $200 then and its scrap value today is pushing up near $5k. Very nice find in the wild on that $5 piece.
Back when gold was a dollar an ounce, pirates retired early and dentists still took doubloons. 🏴☠️💰
How does that math work? $200 dollars at $300 spot was at best 40 grams of 14k. That’s not even 2500$ melt at todays crazy values
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
have too much money? get it slabbed with the street name as provenance
My apologies, I forgot to mention that I bought it off a guy I knew cause he was going to pawn it and buy his wife an anniversary gift. That's how I got it so cheap, went off the pawn shop pricing.