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Anyone out there like classic head gold?

bosco5041bosco5041 Posts: 1,303 ✭
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I've never owned one but I think they are very attractive coins. Any opinions out there on the $5 or 2 and a half libs.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,849 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I've never owned one but I think they are very attractive coins. Any opinions out there on the $5 or 2 and a half libs. >>



    Neat coins. These are the earliest U.S. gold coins that are still affordable by the average collector and for that reason they have a lot of history.

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    TomthecoinguyTomthecoinguy Posts: 851 ✭✭✭✭
    I do!

    But what's not to like about the classic head design. I came real close to owning a $5 classic head. Wish I would have come up just a little bit to make the deal happen. I just wasn't confident enough on the grade. One of my dreams as a collector is to put together a quarter eagle type set, I expect the Classic head (1934-1939) will be my next addition to that set. I already have the lib and the Indian, but those are the easy ones.
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    earlyAurumearlyAurum Posts: 800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    this is my lone classic head. i like it
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    boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice 39-o! Thanks for sharing it with us.image
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I currently own three pieces and have had some others over the years, but I have never liked them as a collectible series.
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 36,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love Classic Head gold and have considered forming a date set of the $2.50 and $5.00 coins. I've never gotten around to it however. Classic Head Gold has been of interest to me for over 40 years.

    BTW that's a super 1839-O quarter eagle, earlyAUrun. image

    Here are my two biggest Classic Head gold coins. They cover the Charlotte and Dahlonega holes in my “all mints” collection.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,849 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I currently own three pieces and have had some others over the years, but I have never liked them as a collectible series. >>



    What don't you like about them?

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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,883 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's mine.

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    PrillerPriller Posts: 111 ✭✭

    Absolutely. Attractive design. Also, this is one gold series that appears to still have a fair number of coins with nice original color, that have not been dipped and stripped.

    AU55 CAC
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,295 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes. It's American gold.

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    GoldClauseGoldClause Posts: 838 ✭
    I like the quarter eagles a lot, but not so much the half eagles for some reason. Never owned either though.

    The 1838-C quarter eagle is one of my favorite coins of any type.
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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 12,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the common dates are a good bargain among early American numismatics.

    I bought this little girl on total whim at a very reasonable price at a show from a dealer who had just acquired it. I've since sold it to
    another forum member, but then shortly afterward I picked up a $5 Classic Head. These are the only US gold
    coins I've ever owned.

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    NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,833 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the series and have a Redbook set of the $5's, with a few varieties. Classic Head gold is the only nineteenth century gold set that can be realistically completed by the average (income) collector. Prices were run up a few years ago from a dealer who was hoarding and promoting the coins. The half eagle C and D mint are always tough, not rare but always in demand. The most frustrating part of collecting the series is that maybe one in twenty coins is original, the rest are dipped, cleaned, or otherwise messed with.

    I used to collect quarter eagle classic head gold, which is more numismatically interesting and challenging. However, I can't collect everything and traded/sold the set to start an early gold collection.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like them, but then... I like all gold coins....image Cheers, RickO
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    Yukoncornelius1Yukoncornelius1 Posts: 654 ✭
    I've got a very crusty 1838-C half eagle in a PCGS VF-25 holder, it is the only classic head gold coin I've ever owned.
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    RedHerringRedHerring Posts: 2,077 ✭
    My 1838 $2.50 Classic Head in PCGS/CAC XF40. As was noted earlier, this is the oldest gold series available to collectors of average means (that would be me image)

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    mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,862 ✭✭✭
    I like em especially in mint state grades. I once sold a 39-D in MS-64 and if I remember correctly I sold it for under $25K too. I don't remember it coming back into the market either image Hmmmm.

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    bosco5041bosco5041 Posts: 1,303 ✭
    Thanks for all your replies, I think I am going to nail me one. My friend has a nice XF 45 CAC that I am going for.
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    commacomma Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭
    I really want one eventually...
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,849 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow!!! With only one exception, it seems that everyone that has responded likes them.

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    kazkaz Posts: 9,394 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is the only one I have (raw/eBay). I really like the design and expect I will own another (or others!) at some point.

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    jmbjmb Posts: 639 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I like the quarter eagles a lot, but not so much the half eagles for some reason. >>



    That's funny. I like the half eagles but not the quarter eagles. image
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    fishteethfishteeth Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I also prefer the half egales over the quarter eagles. I have a really nice prooflike 1834 and several raw VF's


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    AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,375 ✭✭✭✭
    I like classic $5s. I feel they are very affordable for the year/type.
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    goldengolden Posts: 10,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I always have liked those.
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    kazkaz Posts: 9,394 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Chris, that 1834 PL looks gorgeous!
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    deltadimemandeltadimeman Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭
    earlyaurum, that 1839-o classic is awesome !
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    FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭

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    cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭
    Here is an example that I owned until it was stolen during the summer of 2009:

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    I really miss that piece!

    Here is a "mini" New Orleans type set which includes a 1839-O quarter eagle:

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    I absolutely love the Numismatic period from 1837-1841...

    And earlyaurum, that 1839-O QE is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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    Labelman87Labelman87 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭✭
    Ladies & Gentlemen... This is a great thread with some really super coins. image I have to get out more!!


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    boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A very tidy design IMOimage

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    scottgardenerscottgardener Posts: 1,205 ✭
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    I only have this one, and I saved the photo from the web site of J.J.Teaparty, from whom I bought the thing. It is my second most valuable coin, after my AU55 1911-D quarter eagle. I had just gotten back from a coin show, so I had just blown all my funds for the next few months. They got this coin at that very same show. As an XF grade, it was priced accordingly, less than $5000, making it a once in three years or so buying opportunity. So, I hacked into my collection and sold off coins I knew I'd actually miss. But, I've got this one, and the ones I sold in trade are easier to find again than one of these.
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    earlyAurumearlyAurum Posts: 800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow this thread is lasting longer than I expected. I like the look of the classic head but would not be interesting in collecting it as a series. Thanks for the compliments on my 39-o QE to BillJones, deltadimeman and cameron12x. It is really a nice example that I bought as a type coin.
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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,667 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i like them, but have not yet added one to my collection. there are some awesome examples in this thread, especially boiler78. wow!
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    Yukoncornelius1Yukoncornelius1 Posts: 654 ✭


    << <i>Ladies & Gentlemen... This is a great thread with some really super coins. image I have to get out more!!


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    Your 1834 crosslet 4 is a very tough coin and a fairly high grade to boot!
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's one of my ANA 2011 purchases:

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    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    earlyAurumearlyAurum Posts: 800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    RYK, I love the look of your QE. The color is awesome!
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    PrillerPriller Posts: 111 ✭✭

    AU58 CAC - Really nice peach-red color.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,295 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Here is an example that I owned until it was stolen during the summer of 2009:

    imageimage

    I really miss that piece! >>



    You know maybe we should have a forum for "Lost and Found" coins. This could be the first "Poster Child".
    Carry on with the thread. I like classic head gold and especially seeing coins in the rightful owner's hands.

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    cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Here is an example that I owned until it was stolen during the summer of 2009:

    imageimage

    I really miss that piece! >>

    You know maybe we should have a forum for "Lost and Found" coins. This could be the first "Poster Child".
    Carry on with the thread. I like classic head gold and especially seeing coins in the rightful owner's hands. >>

    TwoSides2aCoin--I would definitely second your idea of a "Lost and Found" forum.

    A VERY significant (at least for me) part of my collection was stolen and this WAS my most valuable coin.
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    never mind.
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    mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    Cameron12x any idea who may have stolen it etc? Any extra info?
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    cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Cameron12x any idea who may have stolen it etc? Any extra info? >>

    Please PM me for details... I do not want to hijack this thread. image
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    garrynotgarrynot Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭
    Definitely a coin with beautiful designs on both sides. I saw a mint state 1839 half eagle close up at the B&M in downtown Chicago some years ago and I fell in love with it.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,849 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Definitely a coin with beautiful designs on both sides. I saw a mint state 1839 half eagle close up at the B&M in downtown Chicago some years ago and I fell in love with it. >>



    This thread is about classic head gold. The 1839 half eagle is the first year of a totally different series.

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    bosco5041bosco5041 Posts: 1,303 ✭


    << <i>Here's one of my ANA 2011 purchases:

    image >>

    Thats a real sweetheart of a coin, the more of these I see the more I want to get one.I have noticed some that are a little lightly struck over the ear, is that common on this series???
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    garrynotgarrynot Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Definitely a coin with beautiful designs on both sides. I saw a mint state 1839 half eagle close up at the B&M in downtown Chicago some years ago and I fell in love with it. >>



    This thread is about classic head gold. The 1839 half eagle is the first year of a totally different series. >>



    Thanks, I shouldn't be commenting on gold anyway.
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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    i just checked the price guide and pop reports for our host

    and no varieties listed for half eagle classic head or quarter eagles?

    also the variety program page and still not one single reference !

    no bass or mccloskey numbers?
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    Labelman87Labelman87 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭✭
    Yukon... Thanks for the compliment. I really don't get too much of a chance to get on the threads.

    The crosslet is a pcgs 55
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