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Bedrock of the Community
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livingwater you bought a nice one, congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
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Good work! That's a big hunk of gold!
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice!! I have one on hold also, will get it next week. It's a large hunk of gold and feels good to hold! Yours looks very nice!
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Bedrock of the Community
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She's a beauty! Congratulations.
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I mentioned in a recent thread on "junk silver" that I thought it was one of the great bargains in coin collecting, a high cool factor for not much premium over melt value, and the same goes for old gold. Your price might be an even bigger bargain because this looks like it could grade quite high. Once you start climbing up into the 60s the value really starts climbing and I wonder what this would grade at. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Awesome pickup!  Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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From the pics provided, I'm guessing at least MS-64. Congrats on a great coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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That's a beauty from any angle! I never realized how elegant the reverse is on this design until I saw your coin.
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02/22/2024 8:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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A beauty ! My favorite reverse on a coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice! IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks quite nice. Certainly Choice Mint State quality from these images.
You say you paid 7.1% over melt. Want to make sure you know $20 Double Eagles do not contain one troy ounce of gold. The Buffs and Eagles of course do, Double Eagles contain 0.9675 troy ounces of gold.
Not trying to diminish your purchase in any way. You made a good move buying classic pre-1933 gold.
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02/23/2024 03:13 am
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Thanks all for responding. I'm happy with the coin. Yeah I know it's not a full troy ounce, it's .9675. I used the NGC melt value and went from there to what I paid. Guess I should have said that earlier. https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide...US-Gold-CoinEdited by livingwater
02/23/2024 08:00 am
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Good start. It might not be your last one.
I view US pre 1933 gold as semi-collectable bullion, so minimizing the percentage over spot is not my primary interest. A beautifully struck MS64 1927 or 1928 double eagle can be had for 10-20% over spot for instance. That's more interesting to me than a raw polished stacker at 5% over spot.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Very nice! I agree with others regarding the reverse; my favorite as well.
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Excellent! |
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