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My first gold coin...

kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I always wanted an indian $5 coin...

I just regret not buying these when they were a lot more reasonable!
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  • CoinCrazyPACoinCrazyPA Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭✭
    Congrat's, Not to bring you down that was a little steep on the price for a 61. As long as your happy, that is all that matters.
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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I Love Indian gold.

    I don't worry about missing the boat on yesterday's prices though.
    Just enjoy 'em when you get 'em.

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  • NewParadigmNewParadigm Posts: 1,322
    My first gold coin.....


    I wish...

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  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is that 20 ounces of gold!?

    I was on the fence about just getting a First Spouse coin but none of the classics guys would respect me then. image
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  • phehpheh Posts: 1,588 ✭


    << <i>Is that 20 ounces of gold!?

    I was on the fence about just getting a First Spouse coin but none of the classics guys would respect me then. image >>



    It is a one ounce 2000 Euro from Austria. Phenomenal design IMHO. I'd rather have the 2001 though as its mintage is less than 1/4 that of any other year.
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Is that 20 ounces of gold!?

    I was on the fence about just getting a First Spouse coin but none of the classics guys would respect me then. image >>



    It is a one ounce 2000 Euro from Austria. Phenomenal design IMHO. I'd rather have the 2001 though as its mintage is less than 1/4 that of any other year. >>



    I have that in silver, but it's no where near as exciting as the gold version. image
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  • atarianatarian Posts: 3,116 ✭
    My first coin was a slabbed MS 62 1873 Closed 3 .
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  • StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Is that 20 ounces of gold!?

    I was on the fence about just getting a First Spouse coin but none of the classics guys would respect me then. image >>



    It is a one ounce 2000 Euro from Austria. Phenomenal design IMHO. I'd rather have the 2001 though as its mintage is less than 1/4 that of any other year. >>





    Actually, the one pictured is indeed a 20 ounce 2000 Euro. The one ounce Gold Philharmonic from Austria is the 100 Euro, or 2000 Schilling for the earlier issues.
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah it gets addictive. I remember SEEING my first gold coins, my uncle had a 10 Indian, and in third grade Mrs. Kolbe passed around 2 of hers, which she said she got as a child. One was a 2.50 and one a 5 indian.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My first was a St. Gaudens Double Eagle... and so began a long period of gold acquisition. Cheers, RickO
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,434 ✭✭✭✭✭
    every collector should have gold in thier collection. wtg on the pick up
  • jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My first gold coin related to my job as a flight test engineer, the wright brothers gold commem.
  • YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    Nice choice for your first buy image
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,943 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice choice for your first buy image >>



    Agree. I always liked this coin because of the design---it has a real Indian brave rather than a female Caucasian wearing an Indian headdress and it has an incused design which is unique for U.S. coins.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,745 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love the gold indians. My favorite is the $10:

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,074 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Love the gold indians. My favorite is the $10:

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    That thar is a beautimage
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  • scottgardenerscottgardener Posts: 1,205 ✭
    Oh, yeah, dreadfully habit-forming. Gold fever has consumed people throughout human history, from American settlers in the 1840s rushing across the continent to explorers sailing across the ocean, this is a metal that tugs at the subconscious.

    An uncirculated Indian $5 is a great first gold coin. The design is both beautiful and novel, the incused design by Bela Lyon Pratt, from the Renaissance era of U.S. coinage under Theodore Roosevelt.

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    My first gold was a bullion coin that I have since traded. But the one that holds meaning to me is the above Saint Gaudens $20, graded MS65. It's fulfillment of a childhood dream and the beginning of my collecting coins at this level in recent times. (The image is part of my contribution to the CoinFacts Wiki for 1908 Saints, not to confuse with CoinFacts per se.)
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  • mikeygmikeyg Posts: 1,002 ✭





    Real nice coin congrats.Looked at the rest of their gold......too rich for my bloodimage
  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,282 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bought this one from a Coin World advertisement in 1964 when I was 16.

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    I still have it.

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