BillJones ✭✭✭✭✭
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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Re: 1837 LM-5 Capped Bust half dime in PCGS 63 Prooflike makes a tenfold gain
Sorry, but I would rather have this one. The grade is MS-65, CAC. When I look at it with a 10X, I can't get over the relief on a business strike coin which is so small. Most examples of these type th… (View Post)1 -
Re: How have you learned so much about world coins?
My "world coins" are limited to British and ancient imperial Roman. All of that knownedge has been self taught from books, and a little bit from the two world history courses I took in coll… (View Post)2 -
Re: What coin do you dream of owning but likely will never own?
A high grade (EF) U.S. Chain AMERI. Cent. My avatar coin is in an NGC VF-30 holder, but it's really only an Fine-15 to VF-20. It's the "periods variety." I thought I might find one when I c… (View Post)2 -
Re: Celebrating 64 years in Numismatics.
I got started pretty much the same was as @golden who posted the OP. My uncle gave me the 13th ediiton of The Red Book with the two Whitman Lincoln cent folders which covered 1909 to 1959. I was hook… (View Post)6 -
Re: Wow Gold Passed by the $3600. Level and closed at $3599.50 and Silver at $41.20
It doesn't seem like the economy is bad enough to rate gold prices at this level. I"ve lived long enough to have seen $850 gold which dropped down do $300. It makes me wonder if a major correcti… (View Post)4
