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Bought a quintiple eagle recently.
Lakesammman
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Can't quite afford a quintiple stella and this fit better in a Territorial type set. 
Couldn't find the octagonal cropping tool - so Stefanie was kind enough to do the photo editing.
1851 Humbert LE 1851 .880 no 50 rev - what I find really cool is the number of steps it took to make the coin. Fresh out of the press, stamp the fineness and the denomination, then each edge is impressed with August Humbert United States Assayer San Francisco California 1851.
Since it was issued under the auspices of the US Gov't, it should be considered a US $50 gold coin, but is collected as a territorial coin or ingot. If only Whitman would make a hole for it in their albums.
Couldn't find the octagonal cropping tool - so Stefanie was kind enough to do the photo editing.
1851 Humbert LE 1851 .880 no 50 rev - what I find really cool is the number of steps it took to make the coin. Fresh out of the press, stamp the fineness and the denomination, then each edge is impressed with August Humbert United States Assayer San Francisco California 1851.
Since it was issued under the auspices of the US Gov't, it should be considered a US $50 gold coin, but is collected as a territorial coin or ingot. If only Whitman would make a hole for it in their albums.
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brings wonderful imagery to mind.
A great coin, thanks for sharing.
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FWIW, the government considered these "ingots" and not coins.
What an incredible addition to your collection!
Ain't no slime on that slug!
<< <i>That is just so many different kinds of cool! Are you tempted to crack it out just so you can feel its heft au naturel, as it were? >>
I acquired one of these recently as well and I highly recommend cracking it out to feel the heft. The slab itself is noticeably heavier but there's nothing quite like holding one of these in bare hands. It can always be reslabbed.
Well, it's an older collectible slab, so I'd hate to lose it.
Appreciate the comments. Was really happy to be offered it after getting skunked at the recent FUN auction.
I knew it would happen.
K
My 1866 Philly Mint Set
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
Now if only it had a denomination on it.
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Well, now at least if somebody breaks into your castle and finds you unarmed at the door to your underground vault, you can lob that sucker at his skull and it would probably do some damage. Especially if you happened to keep a slingshot handy for launching it. I've don't think I've ever held one of those things, but I had a raw Pan-Pac octagonal $50 in my trembling hand for just a second, once, and its heft was impressive. If nothing else, there's one helluva big chunk o' gold.
But of course, there is so much more to something like that than the gold. *sigh*
Wow.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Most of the examples I see at the shows are really beat up, but they still have EF or better grades on them.
Outstanding!
Congrats !
dangit, I knew I shouldn't have opened this thread....
where's the "jealous" emoticon?
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.