Gold Ducat For $.50? Heck Yeah! - Coin Community Forum

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Midnight Fenrir Valued Member United States 90 Posts	Posted 10/03/2007 9:53 pm I was poking through a rummage sale, and there was a small table of cheep jewlery... normally not somewhere I would hang out, but this little beauty caught my eye. I went over and took a look at this... well... it had the hardware for both a broach, and a necklace. But anyway, I noticed the odd looking coin in the center, and snatched it up, and asked how much they wanted for it... 50 cents they said... Happily paid for it and returned home, doing my best to delicately free the coin from it's confines, I eventually succeeded, and in-fact it is a real coin. A 1915 Gold Ducat from Austria, in fantastic condition. :D Edited by Midnight Fenrir 10/03/2007 9:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/03/2007 10:22 pm Wow!. for 50 cents great find. Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 10/03/2007 10:40 pm Wow - what a find. That restrike has over 1/10th ounce of gold in it. Even the off metal foegeries (which this does not appear to be) are worth more than 50 cents. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 10/03/2007 11:16 pm that is a cool story, if I had bought it you can bet it would be some kind of tin painted gold or something. But I would have taken the chance for $0.50 Report this Post to the Staff
Midnight Fenrir Valued Member United States 90 Posts	Posted 10/03/2007 11:42 pm Yeah, that's exactly what I thought... for $.50, what's the harm? And glad I did, because now I've got my first gold coin. :D Well... not counting the mini St. Gauden's. .987 Gold, at a 10th of an ounce... $70+ just in metal value. Of course, there's no telling when it was actually minted... Even today they still mint Gold Ducats dated 1915... :S Either way, it suuuure is pretty :) Edited by Midnight Fenrir 10/04/2007 01:07 am Report this Post to the Staff
Topher Pillar of the Community Canada 965 Posts	Posted 10/04/2007 11:06 am Good eyes. I probably would have never looked at something like that. Report this Post to the Staff
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