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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats and beautiful coin!
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Moderator
 United States
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WOW! very cool!! Congrats! That is a very nice looking Gold piece. well done.
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Moderator
United States
15464 Posts |
Congratulations on your first gold coin.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1312 Posts |
Congrats on your purchase. All U.S. gold coins are beautiful! I love the weight of them in the hand. I try to buy one at each coin show I attend.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2340 Posts |
We all remember our 1st one...
Very happy for you!
smat
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Congratulations! Nice pick-up!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
735 Posts |
very nice coin, I still remember my first!
I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
1557 Posts |
My congratulations.
My first and so far the only gold coin remains 2.5 $ 1906 bought back in 2019.
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Moderator
United States
189010 Posts |
Fantastic! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1316 Posts |
I understand how slow getting to gold can be. I've been collecting since the late 90s and got my one and only in 2014.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
753 Posts |
Congratulations on this milestone! I love the Coronet Half Eagle, was my first too! I still have (and love) my 1886-S one (super common!) that I got when I was in middle school.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
557 Posts |
Very nice. Unfortunately gold coins, especially US, are extremely addictive. Bought my first about two years ago and it didn't take long before I'd accumulated a type set. Particularly like the Classic heads.
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United States
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Attractive buy Skeletonwizard8.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Unfortunately gold coins, especially US, are extremely addictive Quote:
Now the addiction starts Interesting topic, gold addiction. Gold inherently has its attractive qualities that humans are drawn to. That is why we like gold jewelry, ornaments, etc. Different coins hit people in different ways. It surprised me that I don't find gold coins super attractive. The design is neat but silver ultimately hits my soft spot. I just find silver coins more interesting. Anybody else feel this way? Don't get me wrong, they are very neat and I own some pre-33 myself. I love the weight, but not a huge fan of the color. I am not trying to downgrade the OP's coin either, just providing a perspective for discussion. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Australia
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If this your first foray into gold coins,
probably best to buy slabbed on the American collector market.
Almost all dates of American gold coins have been faked, some in recycled coinage gold.
None of my coins are slabbed, but with decades of collecting experience, I feel well confident enough to grade my own coins, and will dispute the slab grade if I feel it is not right.
but mostly, I don't have to do that with other collector's slabbed coins
I prefer to buy all my coins raw, so that I can investigate them further, if the need arises. Confirmation of weight and XRF testing can be important on rare occasions.
I am over the gold coin addiction. To me, gold is just another coinage metal, with the disadvantage that you have to pay more for them. I have about 30, covering most major World cultures and major numismatic epochs; they comprise less than 2% of my collection.
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08/11/2022 08:24 am
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Posted 07/16/2022 9:29 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
