I am now have 2 Double Eagles, so am I now a Classic Gold collector?
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I bought a 1927 MS64 NCG Saint about 2 years ago as my first dip into the clasic Gold pool. Yesterday my gold stash doubled with my acquisition of a raw 1895 Liberty double eagle. It is at best an MS 62. Numerous small marks but it has nice luster and eye appeal.
Saints are gorgeous, but I really like the Liberty design. The obverse is simple and elegant. The reverse is very appealing also.
I have been a long time fan of cameo proofs. If only I had a wallet fat enough to let me acquire some Cameo Proof Classic Gold.
Saints are gorgeous, but I really like the Liberty design. The obverse is simple and elegant. The reverse is very appealing also.
I have been a long time fan of cameo proofs. If only I had a wallet fat enough to let me acquire some Cameo Proof Classic Gold.
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we should all have dreams but boy, spending 50000 on a nice
one is such a huge step.
nice coins. i love gold.
Great start.
Let me tell you when I first started buying gold coins from the 1870's 35 years ago, I thought of myself as a classic gold collector as well.
At a coin show, I got lectured by an oldtimer that only collected US gold prior to 1834. he said I was still collecting in the "modern era."
Then I fell over laughing watching an even OLDER oldtimer lecturing HIM saying that he collected only Roman and early Byzantine gold coins prior to 700 AD.
Morale of the story is pretty obvious. Just buy the least expensive Roman or Greek gold coin and then you have it all covered! LOL.
<< <i>Saints are gorgeous, but I really like the Liberty design. The obverse is simple and elegant. The reverse is very appealing also. >>
The St. Gaudens is so heavily touted as 'America's most beautiful coin' that Longacre's $20 does indeed often get overlooked. I too think it is a wonderful design, especially the reverse. What's more, is I seem to recall a post by Daniel Carr (an artist whose opinions I respect very much) where he actually said he preferred the Longacre design to the St. Gaudens.
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<< <i>Saints are gorgeous, but I really like the Liberty design. The obverse is simple and elegant. The reverse is very appealing also. >>
The St. Gaudens is so heavily touted as 'America's most beautiful coin' that Longacre's $20 does indeed often get overlooked. I too think it is a wonderful design, especially the reverse. What's more, is I seem to recall a post by Daniel Carr (an artist whose opinions I respect very much) where he actually said he preferred the Longacre design to the St. Gaudens. >>
I highly prefer the Liberty design.
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<< <i>I bought a 1927 MS64 NCG Saint about 2 years ago as my first dip into the clasic Gold pool. Yesterday my gold stash doubled with my acquisition of a raw 1895 Liberty double eagle. It is at best an MS 62. Numerous small marks but it has nice luster and eye appeal.
Saints are gorgeous, but I really like the Liberty design. The obverse is simple and elegant. The reverse is very appealing also.
I have been a long time fan of cameo proofs. If only I had a wallet fat enough to let me acquire some Cameo Proof Classic Gold. >>
Congrats on the pickup!
BTW, as someone who uses English, well, OK, Legalese, on a daily basis, I particularly am impressed by your title for this thread.
U.S. Type Set
I have also always liked the design of the $20 Lib, and I also like their history. Especially in the earlier years of the denomination, they actually did circulate unlike Saints, which sat in bags for the most part and were schlepped from one holding cell to another.
<< <i>After my visit to the post office this morning, I now have exactly the same number of double eagles as you: one $20 Lib and one Saint. >>
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Never want to be like papa
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1. As much as one may try to keep ones interests on the $5 and $10 indians, many get pulled off into assembling a type collection because there are just so many, relatively inexpensive, storied coins in the pre-'33 issues. Also, some of the indians are not so available on the market anymore like the $5 '09 O is a nosebleed coin right now and the '08 $10 series (5 coins) in MS is getting hard to find. Ultimately those that want to specialize in one issue will be pulled into the gold type collector mindset.
2. The no motto Lib, '65 and before, is a very nice coin design with the beautiful little ring of stars above the eagle's head...not to discount the Saints at all, they are a lovely series. It's all good!
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<< <i>The no motto Lib, '65 and before, is a very nice coin design with the beautiful little ring of stars above the eagle's head. >>
The San Fransico mint made the no motto Libs in 1866.
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Thank you.
Thanks for the kind replies. I think a gold type set would be fun to do. I am sure many of you have done so and have had a great time doing so.
Skyman's reply made me laugh. There is no doubt that my editing and proof reading skills need a lot of work. I reread the title to my post and cringed. I will try harder to improve my spelling and use of the english language.
I put more effort into proof reading and editing legal documents I prepare and file, but even those documents sometimes have mistakes in them. Someone wrote an article or book a long time ago that presented examples of published court of appeal and supreme court case opinions (both state and federal) that have typing, gramatical and other errors in them. Some the errors are minor and some are glaring. Even the proof readers in the appellate courts make mistakes.
If you had any remorse parting with these little golden creatures, you're bound to quaking in your boots now.
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<< <i>I highly prefer the Liberty design. >>
DITTO!!!!
Well....as you can tell from my icon......my vote is for the Coronet (Liberty) design $20.....nearly have my date set complete of Type I
I love the simple classic look also.....I also like the look of the obverse of the Barber Half.....take me back to the Roman/Greek style.
RAH
<< <i>This thread is worthlefs without pictures >>
here you go....one of my favorites....
I love the Type I because of all the variants.....care to guess the grade the TPG slabber gave this one?
You run into trouble real fast!
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