What do you think of this gold dollar recently sent to me?

airplanenut · February 21, 2012 6:09AM

Came in with a bunch of other things week...

RYK · February 21, 2012 6:12AM

Sweet! I love it.

(Well done)

guitarwes · February 21, 2012 6:15AM

Awesome. 'Bout time the New Orleans Mint opened again.

ambro51 · February 21, 2012 6:18AM

Wonder what was on the rest of the bracelet. Is that a Lebanon piece?

lkeigwin · February 21, 2012 6:23AM

Date looks wrong. I think the 1 was altered.
Lance.

AUandAG · February 21, 2012 6:26AM

The got half of the CC wrong and made it an O.

bummer.

bob

steveben · February 21, 2012 6:30AM

that's pretty nicely done.

keyman64 · February 21, 2012 6:35AM

WoodenJefferson · February 21, 2012 6:37AM

The dentils on the obverse remind me of the teeth on a rip-saw.

DorkGirl · February 21, 2012 6:39AM

airplanenut · February 21, 2012 7:04AM

<< Wonder what was on the rest of the bracelet. Is that a Lebanon piece? >>

I've actually got no idea. A quick glance didn't have me suspicious at first, until I turned it over and did a double-take on the date. The other oddity is the reeding on the edge, which is very precise and squared, but not constantly spaced (every few reeds make up a cycle of the pattern, it seems).

TwoSides2aCoin · February 21, 2012 7:08AM

They sure don't make modern crap the way they used to

BryceM · February 21, 2012 7:27AM

Man I've been looking for a 1951 gold dollar. Lucky you! Hehe.

Is it actually made of gold? Is the weight right? If it is, at least it's worth something......

JupitarCoins · February 21, 2012 7:54AM

<< Sweet! I love it.

(Well done) >>

He thought it was real!!! lol

Hawgstick · February 21, 2012 8:01AM

Mr Carr strikes again?

kaz · February 21, 2012 8:09AM

Those little raised pointed marks inside the rims are tool marks. The reeding was probably done with a knurling device, which uses a rotating wheel, thus the repeating pattern.

TomB · February 21, 2012 8:16AM

Pretty dang cool.

MsMorrisine · February 21, 2012 8:29AM

it would have looked a lot nicer if the 1's were tooled, too.

stealer · February 21, 2012 8:32AM

<< Date looks wrong. I think the 1 was altered.
Lance. >>

STONE · February 21, 2012 8:33AM

Very interesting...I'd like to know more

mozin · February 21, 2012 8:40AM

That bogie might be worth a few bucks. Neat stuff!

CharlotteDude · February 21, 2012 8:47AM

I'd pass... the mintmark looks suspicious.

'dude

davewesen · February 21, 2012 10:18AM

I have been looking for a gold dollar for my birth year set forever - is it for sale?

PerryHall · February 21, 2012 10:57AM

Even before I saw the reverse I could tell it was a fake. The spikes coming out of the rim is a dead giveaway for a counterfeit coin. There's a big spike at 6:00 that really stands out.