Help Grade 1801 Gold Liberty Coin

SusanTX: The dealer you took it to was trying to take you for a ride, as was anyone else offering $900.

You can submit the coin to ANACS for authentication without a membership.

http://www.anacs.com/

A cleaned, tooled, ex-jewelry (also bent) 1801 G$10 with EF40 Details sold for $3,450 on Heritage Auctions in 2007.

http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?hdnJu...3578&x=0&y=0

If you need submission advice, feel free to ask. You have a $4,000 coin if genuine.

, SusanTX!

Those offers are around bullion value ($890.44), which you should be able to get at any time.

If you choose to get it certified, it will almost certainly get a details grade (like it has xf details, but is damaged), or no grade, just a label saying it's genuine. I'd use ANACS.

If it was mine, I'd send it to Stockton: http://www.crs-stockton.com/ , especially if I wanted to keep it as a family heirloom. He has a 1798 with before and after pix.

Experts can detect repairs, and I'm not sure how TPG handle repaired coins.

Unbelievable find susan - definitely something I would love to add to my collection despite the damage. Its disappointing to see that a dealer only offered you bullion value for something which holds significant numismatic value. If I were you, I would get it slabbed immediately (ANACS is probably best) too authenticate it. Once authenticated, I would take look into consigning it too a major auction house (stacks, heritage etc) because you could probably get more for it at auction than via a dealer. There are some old coins which should be sold to a dealer and some which should be sent straight to auction - in my opinion, this coin falls into the latter catagory. Congratz on the find!