nice acquisition... don't get any buyers remorse over this!
p.s. I'm having a psychic premonition where you'll be between 8pm and 10pm this evening... (unless the month and a half off in between episodes has made you forget what tonight is)
I like the coin, and it might actually be from Gold Rush gold. Hard to tell from the pic, but could be original I also enjoyed reading the description.
Here's an 1849 $10 Liberty gold coin graded and encapsulated VG10 by ANACS, the 1849 being a THE GOLD RUSH date. THIS COIN has normal even minimal wear. Certified gold coins are some of the best values in the marketplace today. The GOLD market is on RETRO-FIRE!!! Start or upgrade your $10 Liberty set today!!
Minimal wear? Dude, it's VG-10!
RETRO-FIRE? Sounds like internal combustion, and I want no part of that.
Upgrade your Liberty $10 set? Hardly any Liberty $10 date collectors around, but those that can afford it, probably would not be upgrading to VG-10 on a common date.
I have nothing against VG-10, BTW, especially when it is original. I love circulated gold. I have a net graded VG-10 (cleaned and rim-damaged) that I am perfectly happy with, and I just purchased a VG-8 66-S WM $5 the other night. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to buy an original VG or Fine 61-D $5 for my set. I am trying to get CCG to budge on an AG-3 CC $5 that I would like to own, but...
I object to misrepresenting the coin as having minimal wear and being an upgrade for a date set. Both are blatant untruths.
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jcping and RYK, relayer and mike, thanks for your comments. I agree with you about the auction description- and this hype from a flawless feedback seller (feedback in the thousands!).
I jumped past the narrative and into the photos. I do like the smooth even and, problem free wear. Nice to have it ANACS authenticated too as these are plagued with rim bumps and other issues (tooling) that would be difficult to see on a raw coin offered on eBay.
I know it's not really gold rush gold, but I wanted one from the era is all.
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i have to say i don't like it. for a half ounce of gold though, it has potential. you could do much better i think! that is a large mintage. < 100,000 is getting "small", in my opinion.
I like the coin. I think that a VG no-motto Coronet gold coin has a lot of appeal, especially when it's an eagle, it's original (as this one looks to be) and it doesn't have obvious rim dings or big hits (as this one looks). Think of the stories that coin could tell!
Ordinarily, I would have said that the 1849 and the 1847 are the most "common" no-motto P-mint Coronet eagles and you should have had no trouble picking up a higher grade for about Grey Sheet Bid, but I just checked my records and realized that it has been five years since I bought my 1849 eagle and. . . actually, now that I think about it, I rarely see these coins at shows anymore, especially in grades less than AU-55, so. . . I think you did pretty well!
edited to add: fc, I know we've told you this before, but I'll say it again: mintages are meaningless for US gold coins because of all the melting that has occurred, especially for no-motto Coronet eagles. In 1954, the Mint reported that it had melted 37% of all the eagles it had ever minted. When you include all the private melting that has occurred over the last couple of centures, you can see why reported mintages tell you nothing about what coins survive today.
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Isn't better to get a CA fraction gold dated during Gold Rush period (not a re-strike one)?
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I'm having a psychic premonition where you'll be between 8pm and 10pm this evening... (unless the month and a half off in between episodes has made you forget what tonight is)
ciao for now
Leo
Here's an 1849 $10 Liberty gold coin graded and encapsulated VG10 by ANACS, the 1849 being a THE GOLD RUSH date. THIS COIN has normal even minimal wear. Certified gold coins are some of the best values in the marketplace today. The GOLD market is on RETRO-FIRE!!! Start or upgrade your $10 Liberty set today!!
Minimal wear? Dude, it's VG-10!
RETRO-FIRE? Sounds like internal combustion, and I want no part of that.
Upgrade your Liberty $10 set? Hardly any Liberty $10 date collectors around, but those that can afford it, probably would not be upgrading to VG-10 on a common date.
If you wanted gold from the California gold rush, you should have picked up a California Gold piece from Richard over in Vista
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I object to misrepresenting the coin as having minimal wear and being an upgrade for a date set. Both are blatant untruths.
That's a nice one. I like the look of circulated gold coins.
Mintage: 653,618
<< <i>nice acquisition... don't get any buyers remorse over this! p.s. I'm having a psychic premonition where you'll be between 8pm and 10pm this evening... (unless the month and a half off in between episodes has made you forget what tonight is) ciao for now Leo >>
jcping and RYK, relayer and mike, thanks for your comments. I agree with you about the auction description- and this hype from a flawless feedback seller (feedback in the thousands!).
I jumped past the narrative and into the photos. I do like the smooth even and, problem free wear. Nice to have it ANACS authenticated too as these are plagued with rim bumps and other issues (tooling) that would be difficult to see on a raw coin offered on eBay.
I know it's not really gold rush gold, but I wanted one from the era is all.
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you could do much better i think! that is a large mintage. < 100,000 is getting
"small", in my opinion.
if you like it, that is what is important though.
Ordinarily, I would have said that the 1849 and the 1847 are the most "common" no-motto P-mint Coronet eagles and you should have had no trouble picking up a higher grade for about Grey Sheet Bid, but I just checked my records and realized that it has been five years since I bought my 1849 eagle and. . . actually, now that I think about it, I rarely see these coins at shows anymore, especially in grades less than AU-55, so. . . I think you did pretty well!
edited to add: fc, I know we've told you this before, but I'll say it again: mintages are meaningless for US gold coins because of all the melting that has occurred, especially for no-motto Coronet eagles. In 1954, the Mint reported that it had melted 37% of all the eagles it had ever minted. When you include all the private melting that has occurred over the last couple of centures, you can see why reported mintages tell you nothing about what coins survive today.
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Thanks Dave!
And JDelage, I completely agree.
I like it. Great coin with a lot of history behind it.