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: USM Releases Special 1776-2026 Privy Quarters into Circulation
Yet the mint says it can’t get the 2026 coins into circulation because the Federal Reserve is not ordering new coins. That was the answer the mint people gave me when I asked them why the 2026 coins … (View Post)1 -
Re: Buffalo Nickel with lamination loss of value
To most Buffalo Nickel date and mint collectors, I’d say it’s worth at least a grade lower. Other’s wouldn’t touch it. Error collectors are interested in the error, not the key date status. Date and … (View Post)5 -
Re: Liberty Bell Gold coins and Silver Medal
I strongly disagree. If some can afford both, the cost of a really nice one would be equal to the not so nice one plus the cost of the Mint Liberty Bell medal. This medal was sponsored and distribute… (View Post)2 -
Re: Liberty Bell Gold coins and Silver Medal
At $19,000 you could buy a bronze Libertas Americana medal. It would have some problems, but the original mintage was 200, and the estimated number of survivors is 100 to 125. Benjamin Franklin paid … (View Post)15 -
Re: Liberty Bell Gold coins and Silver Medal
Good! Maybe the high rollers will be tapped out for a day or two which will give the rest of us a chance to buy some real coins. These things are vastly overpriced gimmicks. (View Post)2
