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: Privy Overload?
I was totally disgusted when the mint came up with the cent auction last year. The Lincoln Cent has probably launched more U.S. collectors than any other coin, including me in 1959. The cent auction,… (View Post)3 -
Re: I'd be surprised if this one is genuine: "1795 Draped Bust silver dollar"
Actually that counterfeit is the centered 1795 Draped Bust variety. (View Post)2 -
Re: Let's see some collectible restrikes
When I lived in New Jersey in the 1970s, there was an exonumia dealer who more examples of the Brashlow Confederate Cent "restrike" in bronze than I could count. He wated $6 apiece for them… (View Post)2 -
Re: What coins do you own that you consider a pair?
These two go together. The gold coin mintage was high in 1836 because the French reimbursed America for damages to American shipping during the Napoleonic Wars. (View Post)11 -
Re: 5 Worst Buys in Coin Collecting 2026 according to TheCoinGeek
I generally agreed with what he had to say. The one thing I don't know is what a "coin pull" is. That's a term I have not heard. I have been a collector for over 60 years. I had m… (View Post)4
