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: Starting Box of 20
That's a heck of coin to begin the box upon. Will it be up or down hill from here? I could never have a collection that was made of a box of 20. My interests are too far ranging to be limited to that… (View Post)1 -
Re: Future US Mint Product Line
I'll pass on all of it. There is so much of this "stuff" that the Red Book is becoming dominated by it. The mint's premiums are sky high, and much of it does not hold its value. I would rat… (View Post)7 -
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 -
Re: Which Fugio Cent would you prefer?
I don’t care for “the New Haven restrike” Fugio thing at all. I would not waste my money on it. It’s not a restrike because it was not struck with an original set of dies. It’s just a 19th century co… (View Post)6 -
Re: Does it matter that the Farouk $20 Saint is slabbed?
There is a cerain class of collectors who will never buy something raw, and there are those who would bid less for a raw coin. The coin is now over graded in the holder, in my opinion, but that doesn… (View Post)1
