The 15 Days Of US Gold! (1790-S-1930-S) - Page 3

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Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 10:24 am *"Drowning in Drool!!"* Report this Post to the Staff
SmallEagle Valued Member United States 102 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 10:47 am Thanks everyone! To answer your question: Quote: Thanks for dropping by, SmallEagle! I do love the Liberty of 18th century gold. And that 1795; have you ever seen gold tone like that!? It isn't the gold toning, rather, the copper/silver which is alloyed with the gold (as coins are never 100% pure). Without trying to distract this thread, here's an extreme example, from my ancient collection. This coin, a gold aureus of Nero, was found in 1895 at the excavation of Pompeii after being buried under seven feet of ash from Vesuvius for over 1800 years. Report this Post to the Staff
cipster Pillar of the Community United States 2362 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 10:53 am Thanks for sharing SmallEagle. I can't believe my good fortune to see your incredible gold. Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith Report this Post to the Staff
matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 11:13 am SmallEagle, Not a distraction but a prelude: Gold Coins of the new United States are but a continuation of gold coins from hundreds and thousands of years ago. To be buried and unearthed at Pompeii? THAT is history! Gold coins dated during Washington's presidency? History as well. Suggest members dig out their sunglasses as viewing gold coins can cause temporary blindness from the glare. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 2:25 pm I have no gold, so I have nothing to offer other than my admiration. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
johnny54321 Rest in Peace United States 4849 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 2:53 pm Wow Small Eagle@! Well, I don't have any US gold from this time period, but I have an 8 Escudo coin...and these circulated in the US... So for diversity sake, here she is! Report this Post to the Staff
matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 3:14 pm Very fitting, johnny54321, as these coins co-circulated with the new US coins. More than a few of the Founding Fathers must have been anxious to 'show England' that our coins could be as good as their coins. Indeed, coins make history alive. Report this Post to the Staff
matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 3:23 pm Members of the CCF, wearing eye protection, are enjoying the show. Let's all make it a good one, shall we? Report this Post to the Staff
NathanASE Pillar of the Community United States 1511 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 3:29 pm Wow! amazing early gold!! I can't jump in until 1882.. I love the toning, nothing beats toned gold! One of my LCS's had a early 1900's sovereign with red toning that looked like a bullseye around the obverse and a perfect deep red sunset over George and the dragon, the owner put it aside for me while I saved for 2 weeks and while he left he country on vacation... Unfortunately the shop never reopened, the owner got sick and passed away a few days after his return. Very sad, a very nice man, much of my collection came from him. I went to the shop while people were inventorying everything (I happened to be driving by and saw the doors open and cars there) and asked if I could still buy the coins (a few others as well that were set aside for me) and they gave me the phone number to the non profit agency that was handling the sales of everything... I called and left a few messages, but never heard back... Report this Post to the Staff
dsfreeworld Pillar of the Community United States 4337 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 7:05 pm Oh my goodness...small eagle those are some awesome coins...what a collection....I love this thread... Report this Post to the Staff
yhbearcats Pillar of the Community United States 688 Posts	Posted 12/02/2013 8:15 pm Small Eagle, those are some amazing coins! That is a very nice collection of early American gold. Report this Post to the Staff
WheatBack Pillar of the Community United States 2850 Posts	Posted 12/03/2013 12:58 am SmallEagle, do you mind me asking how you obtained these beauties? They are gorgeous.. thanks for sharing! Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 12/03/2013 08:48 am And now the Gold excitement will, most likely, die down just a bit until the number of US minted Gold Coins rise during the next decades. But, we can all relive the splendor of SmallEagle's beauties!! (Yes! 5 droolies!!) Report this Post to the Staff
SCDave Valued Member United States 118 Posts	Posted 12/03/2013 12:39 pm My one and only early US gold. It's an 1803/2 half eagle $5.00 in an NTC AU 55 "Cleaned Repaired Obverse" holder. The grade given probably isn't too far off and they got the cleaned part right but the repaired obverse only tells half the story. The coin was actually holed and plugged but they did a real nice job on it. The hole was in the 5th star (about 9:00 position on the obverse and in the D of United on the reverse. Sorry about the picture quality, I have a hard time getting good shots through those plastic holders..... Report this Post to the Staff
SCDave Valued Member United States 118 Posts	Posted 12/03/2013 1:16 pm Here's a couple better pictures of the 1803/2 I found in my files..... Report this Post to the Staff
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