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Here are my Classic Head gold pieces- post yours
lordmarcovan
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Nice coins but objectively one of the worst depictions of liberty to be produced by the mint.
She was frumpy in the 1830s, for sure, but I still love em.
Actually one of my favorite designs:
Collectors tend to love these or hate them; no middle of the road with the Classic Heads!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Lafayette Grading Set
Wow, cool smoothie!
No contributions from me on this one
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Mr_Spud
I dunno, I assume the design is reflective of the times, which is cool to my thinking. I love chain cents, but that depiction of Lady Liberty looks like she’s hanging off the back of a speeding Harley.
My only Classic Head gold:
Just have one.
I love Classic Head gold!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I bought both of these raw, at different times, from a wholesale dealer friend’s stock boxes some years ago as spontaneous purchases.
Decided to get them slabbed, and surprised how much these have gone up:
That 1836 quarter eagle and 1834 half eagle look terrific.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Thanks Tom!
At the time, I wasn’t in the market for them at all, but seeing pre-1840 old gold priced a little over melt (at the time), I thought there’s got to be value there in the future. So cool to get coins like that for basically the price of gem late date walkers!
Raw eBay buy a long time ago (still raw)
Love my classics, they are super-high cool factor for the price. Not terribly more costly than the Liberties, and much much cheaper (and better looking) than the earlier 'capped bust' type.
Bought it raw and got it graded. Really love this coin
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11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
One of my favorites; great original skin.
Has a green bean
Here is the highest grade $2.50 I have, an MS-62+ CAC.
And my best $5, which happens to be an 1838-D. This one is graded MS-63.
I have a "Red Book" set of these coins. My interest dated from high school when I first earned they existed. After that I got an interest in Andew Jackson and his "mint drops" and "Benton Experiment" as his critics called them. Benton was Senator Thomas Hart Benton who sponsored the bill for them in Congress.
I like this series a lot. The 1830s were a fascinating time in American history. Here are a couple of mine.
Each of these were upgraded with a plus via Reconsideration. I was shocked to see the value increase on each with that little plus.
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996