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Except for some steel pennies a collectoin of coins left to me by my father have tured out to be junk.I have several gold coins from the early 2000's. They feature a Native American woman holding a baby and on the back a soaring eagle and the words one dollar.Do you guys know anything about these?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In a separate thread, post your Sacagawea dollars.... there are a couple desirable varieties. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, not gold and probably just worth face value.   to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agree with above, those Sacagawea's are "Gold Tone" and there are a few varieties to search for,
but mostly just very common coins.
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United States
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to the CCF |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sad news, most steel cents aren't worth much either. Even in mint state they're only a few bucks. I've inherited a few "collections", I would call them hoards, most of them were not of value except for some silver. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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09/16/2024 5:44 pm
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Are all you guys about 80 years old and been collecting since you were 3? Coins are the hardest hobby I've ever tried to get into. Still going thru my collection but did find a 1911 penny.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Are all you guys about 80 years old and been collecting since you were 3? Some are, some aren't  |
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I have several gold coins from the early 2000's. They feature a Native American woman holding a baby and on the back a soaring eagle and the words one dollar. Those are not gold coins. They are Brass and Manganese. See below:  Unless the hoard looks like this, you probably don't have much more than melt value.  Edited by hfjacinto
09/17/2024 12:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Look at all that gold!   1903 $20 Gold. Yes please. Edited by Tacc
09/17/2024 11:35 am
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Coins are the hardest hobby I've ever tried to get into. .... That's why I personally enjoy it. If it were easy, it would be boring & everyone would be doing it.... kinda like being a tiktok influencer. |
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Coins are the hardest hobby I've ever tried to get into. Try astrophotography. Some times it took over 5 nights to get enough images to get details. Also guiding/stacking and combining. Coins are super easy. This took me over 4 nights to capture enough details with 3 different filters (Hydrogen Alpha, Oxygen^3, Sulfur)  Edited by hfjacinto
09/17/2024 12:38 pm
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Are all you guys about 80 years old and been collecting since you were 3? Yes, some of us are 80+, but few collecting since age 3. Personally, I re-started collecting a few years ago, after a hiatus of about 40 years. Collecting and still learning about coins and this hobby.  Ps - even found a few Sacagawea dollars, they are the same size and similar colour as our loonies. Edited by Sharks
09/17/2024 4:22 pm
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Collecting since I was 10 and after an 8 mile hike here at 9000 ft I feel like I'm 80.  |
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only in my fifties here.
Like most of the old timers I started with a book, at age 9. That's how we did it in the old days books and magazines.
Today with the power of the net information is everywhere. Only problem is that anyone can post to any site, and they do. People who have 2 weeks experience and are excited to find out there rare pocket change is worth thousands of dollars (when it really isn't) will also get the most views/hits because everyone wants good news.
In 75 finding bad information was rare. Today it takes some effort to avoid it.
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Posted 09/16/2024 11:48 am
