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Gold Keepers From Inherited Collection

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I've included some backstory here, but you can of course scroll down right to the coins!!

This is a thread to go along with my "Silver Keepers" one (https://goccf.com/t/230422) ...I've been sharing these coins individually on the grading subforum, but thought I'd share them together in one thread.

With the help of CCF, I've been working through a collection inherited from my father, and at the request of family, selling many of the coins. I've narrowed down the collection of keepers to 6 silver coins and the 11 gold coins presented here. In deciding what to keep, I tried to figure out what my father liked the most and how he strategized his collecting. I remember him showing his collection to me with pride when I was younger, but I don't think we ever discussed how he chose which coins to collect. In reviewing his collection now, it seemed that one of his favorite coins (and my own) was the Morgan silver dollar, so I decided to keep a few of the nicest examples of those. With his gold coins, it looked as if he was collecting a type set from the mid-1800s to 1930s. My plan which developed through this process has been to keep a type set of his nicest examples, selling off any duplicates. I am hoping that what remains will be kept in the family and handed down, but it is all graded and ready to sell if that becomes necessary. What I started with as a bag of 80+ unslabbed coins and two boxes, is now a nice 17 coin collection, slabbed and in a neat NGC box. I haven't showed off the coins to the family yet, but I am hoping they will appreciate the collection and my work and be happy with my plan to keep the coins. For now they will be safely returned to the bank, but I have much more knowledge about the coins (since I had absolutely none at the start of this project) and detailed pictures to enjoy whenever I'd like.

Let's get to the coins! As you can see, it's ALMOST a complete 12-coin gold type set. We are missing a $3 gold coin...hopefully I can add one to the collection at some point, although that will involve convincing my wife it's a good idea.

Anyway, here are the coins:

1. 1851-C Liberty Gold Dollar Type I - PCGS (old rattler slab) AU58:

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2. 1855-O Indian Gold Dollar Type II - PCGS VF Scratched:

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3. 1857-C Indian Gold Dollar Type III - PCGS AU Damaged:

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4. 1843-D Liberty Quarter Eagle - PCGS (old rattler) XF45 CAC:

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5. 1914 Indian Quarter Eagle - NGC MS62 CAC:

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6. 1848-C Liberty Half Eagle - VF35 CAC:

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7. 1909-O Indian Half Eagle - NGC AU55:

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8. 1894 Liberty Eagle - NGC MS63:

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9. 1913-S Indian Eagle - NGC AU58:

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10. 1904 Liberty Double Eagle - NGC MS63:

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11. 1924 Gaudens Double Eagle - NGC MS65:

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That's it! Thanks for checking out my father's collection, of which I'm very proud.
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05/25/2015 7:56 pm
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 Posted 05/25/2015  8:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add OneBowl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Dad had a great eye and apparently you've developed one too. Well done. Stunning coins and memories there. C and D gold? Nice.
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I am sure your dad is looking down and smiling that you took good care of his collection and plan on keeping some within the family to pass down. Obviously the 1909-O $5 is my favorite because it is a darn nice coin and very hard to find. Did you send all of your father's coins from his collection to be graded by NGC?
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That is a fantastic group of gold coins

I think anyone would be proud to have them in their collection.
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No words. Just
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Did you send all of your father's coins from his collection to be graded by NGC?
Well, not all of them by any means. Some coins were consigned and graded through Great Collections. Many when appropriate were sold ungraded myself on ebay. Then a number were sold just outright to APMEX and Heritage. There were 30+ coins that Heritage agreed to have graded for me without any commitment to consign, since I told them I wanted to decide what to keep and what to sell based on how coins did at grading. This ended up being somewhat of a long story with twists and turns and turmoil along the way. But relevant to your question, after I had expressed a preference for PCGS grading, they sent all of the coins to NGC. At the end of the day, I can't really complain because the coins did quite well at NGC. After that, a select few were sent to CAC...ones that Heritage thought had a good chance of stickering. I have about 10 coins coming up for sale through Heritage in the near future, and a couple additional ones that I'll probably sell myself.

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Oh I forgot to mention that following advice from some sources including an expert who I reviewed the coins with in person, and really against the advice of Heritage, I had six of the NGC details coins cracked and resubmitted raw to PCGS. That didn't work out well at all really. They all came back with the same or worse details grades. Probably the worst case was the 1855-O above which went from NGC XF Scratched to PCGS VF Scratched.
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wHAT ARE SELLING ON HERITAGE MIGHT BE INTERESTED INA FEW GOLD PIECES
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wHAT ARE SELLING ON HERITAGE MIGHT BE INTERESTED INA FEW GOLD PIECES
Why are you yelling?

I was planning to link to the Heritage coins in the Sales Promotion section when they get posted on Heritage. There aren't too many gold there though. Here's a list:

1887 $0.05 Liberty NGC MS65
1890 $0.05 Liberty NGC PF64+
1806 $0.25 NGC B-3 AG OBV Graffiti
1907-D $0.25 Barber PCGS MS64
1916-D $0.25 Barber NGC MS65
1928 $0.25 Stnd Liberty NGC MS64 CAC
1820 $0.50 NGC LG DATE SQUARE 2 O-106 XF Cleaned
1868 $0.50 Seated Liberty NGC PR62
1885 $0.50 Seated Liberty NGC PR61 CAC
1851-C $1.00 Gold PCGS AU Damaged
1800 $5.00 Gold PCGS UNC Damaged


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Nice type collection. It seems to be strong on branch mint coins , especially C and D.

I'm surprised you're selling the 1800 $5.00 -- I must have been the centerpiece of the collection.
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Very nice. Thank you for sharing them here on CCF!
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I'm surprised you're selling the 1800 $5.00 -- It must have been the centerpiece of the collection.
Yes, it was a tough decision to sell that one. That decision was made partly to make the family happy and partly because the coin didn't "fit" as well with the other coins. If it was all purely my decision, I think we would have kept every single coin!
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 Posted 05/26/2015  12:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jack jeckel to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great collection of gold and silver keepers.

When did your father start collecting?

Most of the silver and gold keepers are slabbed.
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You're so lucky to inherit this wonderful collection. My father inherited some coins (which will eventually be mine) from his grandmother recently- an 1861 half eagle, five quarter eagles (1851,53,55,56-C,61), one British sovereign (1880-M), lots of Swiss gold, three Morgans, a Peace, and plenty of '64 Kennedys.
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Outstanding group of coins! Made even stronger by the low mintage examples from the branch mints. I do think that you should get the $3 gold piece to complete the set.
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Wow! Nice range to the collection, and I really like all the branch mint gold. I liquidated my dad's coins for his estate a few months ago. All modern proof sets plus a few common silver dollars. We didn't keep anything.
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When did your father start collecting? Most of the silver and gold keepers are slabbed.
They are all slabbed now, but not when I began this project. Only a few coins were slabbed, including the two PCGS rattlers above. I think my father was always interested in coins, but he did most of his serious collecting in the 1980's.
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