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Posted 04/14/2015 11:48 am
1908 US $20.00 (no motto):
This is my favorite coin, even though it's not rare or valuable. In fact it's one of the commonest St. Gaudens $20's -- these are actually pre-33 bullion coins. This is my first $20 coin, and the eagle on the reverse is one of my favorite designs on any coin.
I got this coin for Christmas around 1965. It cost about $60. At that time US citizens were not allowed to own gold, but we could own these because they were of "numismatic value".
It was sold by some dealer in NYC graded as EF (I don't think AU was that common as a grade back then). I seem to recall that it had some sort of unappealing greenish toning at the time. After 30 years in its original envelope in a safety deposit box, it emerged with great orange toning.
With any luck, I can get my avatar switched over to a portion of the back of this coin (once I find a crop that looks good at avatar size).
This is my favorite coin, even though it's not rare or valuable. In fact it's one of the commonest St. Gaudens $20's -- these are actually pre-33 bullion coins. This is my first $20 coin, and the eagle on the reverse is one of my favorite designs on any coin.
I got this coin for Christmas around 1965. It cost about $60. At that time US citizens were not allowed to own gold, but we could own these because they were of "numismatic value".
It was sold by some dealer in NYC graded as EF (I don't think AU was that common as a grade back then). I seem to recall that it had some sort of unappealing greenish toning at the time. After 30 years in its original envelope in a safety deposit box, it emerged with great orange toning.
With any luck, I can get my avatar switched over to a portion of the back of this coin (once I find a crop that looks good at avatar size).
