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How many 33 st gaudens are there?
holeinone1972
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I know that one is privately owned and a few by museums. But do we have a clue just how many there are?
Next question is if you are the 1 private owner who paid $7 plus for the coin, and if the government releases the rest or more show up, do you kill yourself when the value goes from $7 million plus to ??????????????/ wayyyyyy down.
Next question is if you are the 1 private owner who paid $7 plus for the coin, and if the government releases the rest or more show up, do you kill yourself when the value goes from $7 million plus to ??????????????/ wayyyyyy down.
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<< <i>Next question is if you are the 1 private owner who paid $7 plus for the coin, and if the government releases the rest or more show up, do you kill yourself when the value goes from $7 million plus to ??????????????/ wayyyyyy down. >>
No, but I probably sue the government for the difference between what I paid and what it would be worth if the rest were decriminalized. I paid $7 million on their word that this would be the only legal specimen and they would have (whether voluntarily or by court order) breached the contract.
Who knows if they will ever release them to the public. I doubt they will be destroyed.
edited: OK I forgot about the ones in the smithsonian.
<< <i>I paid $7 million on their word... >>
I hope the purchaser did not have this in mind.
https://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/collectors-showcase/world-coins/one-coin-per-year-1600-2017/2422
Officially 2 are known. The $7MM coin and the one in the Smithsonian.
Ike Specialist
Finest Toned Ike I've Ever Seen, been looking since 1986
There is the "legal" one, at least one other privately owned coin and the ten coins that trace to Izzy.
I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.
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> There is the "legal" one, at least one other privately owned coin and the ten coins that trace to Izzy.
Julian, how do you know there is "one other privately owned coin" ?
KJ
around 1978 or so....actually had it in my hands;
it wasn't the $7 Million dollar coin, based on my
viewing THAT coin RAW at Sotheby's in Beverly
Hills the Monday after it was displayed at Long Beach.
By the way, the $7 Million '33 Saint had nice ejection/mechanical
doubling on the obverse!
When I saw the first coin back about 30 years ago, I remember
how thrilling it was to see a Saint Gauden's with two "3"s in the date !!
Fred
Even if you get beyond that, they simply select their federal judge to throw out your case.
It's a lose-lose position.
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
<< <i>I know that one is privately owned and a few by museums. But do we have a clue just how many there are?
Next question is if you are the 1 private owner who paid $7 plus for the coin, and if the government releases the rest or more show up, do you kill yourself when the value goes from $7 million plus to ??????????????/ wayyyyyy down. >>
No, it's a classic, it will always go up in value no matter what.
/Sarcasm
Just give them three weeks for production.
Camelot