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Opinion please - 1854 $3

MAT1MAT1 Posts: 283
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Is it clean??
MT

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can't tell from your pics, for sure. But, it looks like an original
    heavily circulated $3. Not my series so can't say for sure it's
    real but it does have a real look. What's it weigh? Diameter?

    bobimage
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cannot tell from the photo, but it is well-worn and slick, possibly ex-jewelry, fine details and not especially desirable.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,466 ✭✭✭
    Of banal value and appearance in that low grade. You're better off getting a nice AU of that common date.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,590 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like an ex-jewelry coin but it's hard to tell from those pics.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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    MAT1MAT1 Posts: 283
    Sorry pics of ebay
    5 gr - 20.5 mm

    I just got it on ebay, is the first time I buy a raw coin. Now I have second tought image
    MT
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As a rule of thumb, I personally avoid raw classic gold on ebay.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pass.

    1. It's raw and therefore suspect. Don't assume the wear insures it is a genuine coin.

    2. Collectors of gold coins tend to be wealthy and don't want low grade examples of common dates such as the 1854.

    3. Probably cleaned or polished. May be an ex-jewelry piece.
    All glory is fleeting.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,864 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Sorry pics of ebay
    5 gr - 20.5 mm

    I just got it on ebay, is the first time I buy a raw coin. Now I have second tought image >>



    Never, Never buy a raw gold coin off ebay. You can multiply that warning by 100 billion times when it comes to three dollar gold pieces. Counterfeit three dollar gold pieces were a plague when I started buying U.S. gold type coins back when I was in high school in 1965. The situation has not gotten any better.

    Just because it looks worn does not mean it is genuine. I once had a fake gold dollar that looked like an AG-3.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    hey the guy sells a lot of car parts and radio/phonograph stuff. Probably
    has no clue but he does have a 3 day money back return. If you don't like
    when you receive then just email him and send it back.

    bob
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
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    MAT1MAT1 Posts: 283
    I know.......image I read so many post here about why not to buy raw coins of ebay.

    I don't even collect $3 dollar coins - I love my gold dollars and eagles

    MT
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    gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Return it if you can.And take the above advise about
    not buying raw gold on ebay.
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    PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,466 ✭✭✭
    I didn't realize that $3 could be obtained that cheaply in any grade. Maybe if it was in a Genuine holder it's worth it?
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    drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,053 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I didn't realize that $3 could be obtained that cheaply in any grade. Maybe if it was in a Genuine holder it's worth it? >>


    Agree, at that price it's worth a chance.
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    MAT1MAT1 Posts: 283


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    << <i>I didn't realize that $3 could be obtained that cheaply in any grade. Maybe if it was in a Genuine holder it's worth it? >>

    Agree, at that price it's worth a chance. >>




    yes the price is good - I feel better now with a 3 days return, let see how it is in hand.
    MT

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