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Welcome to the "Classic Gold Collectors Club!"
The 1838-C half eagle is hardest piece in the set to find nice. I looked at many of them until I found the one that worked for me. The 1838-C was not as well made as the 1838-D, which can be found in AU for a price.
My 1837 half eagle is in a PCGS MS-61 holder, and I am quite happy with it. I traced it back using the Newman Portal site to the 1976 ANA auction, which was held by Stacks' in New York City. There it was graded AU, which is the true true grade. Coin grades are quite fluid, as you probably know.
You might know that we are collecting "Mint Drops." That was name the opponents of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren gave to them on some Hard Times tokens.
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The Summer FUN Convention is this weekend
I am headed off for the Summer FUN Convention. I will be speaking on Friday at 1PM. My topic will be "Building a Type Set of $20 Gold Pieces." (View Post)3 -
Re: A 1801 Thomas Jefferson Inaugural Medal.
With exonumia, it depends upon what you are collecting. I too prefer copper and bronze over white medal, but if you collect 19th century presidential campaign pieces, the pieces in white medal are mo… (View Post)1 -
Re: Charlotte
I’ve read that the Charlotte and Dahlonega Mints did produce some silver in their refining process. The resulting silver bars were shipped to the Philadelphia Mint. I don’t imagine that it was enough… (View Post)9 -
Re: Preventing future collectors from owning this!??
I’ve seen dealers crack up the modern silver sets for bullion and sell that coins as scrap silver. As for the other sets, the parts can be worth more than the whole. Collectors buy them to fill album… (View Post)4 -
Re: Happy Semiquincentennial!
Centennial medal set. The issue price for this set was $11, which seems high since there was only one silver piece in it. Remember, this was 1876 when earning $11 took a lot of labor. These wooden me… (View Post)4
