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That's another I missed; I guess I didn't bid high enough! LOL
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I remember reading about that Saruma, it seems one of the family members that were in possession of the several '33 St. Gaudins, sent them to the Mint, of all places, to see if they were authenic, in which the SS promptly confiscated them, then in went to court, I'm not sure, but I think very recently the family won, but I still don't know the status of the St. Gaudins
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05/21/2010 11:12 pm
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I saw that coin at the Los Angeles ANA show. It was pretty! swcoin.ecrater.com
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I just heard it on KFI AM 640 news break here in LA.
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talk about a coin that would cause anxiety attacks. Its bad enough when I leave my house for a day and no one is home for several hours.
I'm sure security is absolutely no problem for the winner of the coin. I'm sure he knows what he's doing and wouldn't just leave the coin in his house without absolute top security around it. It is most likely kept at a place away from his home. |
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Can you say armored transport! It's sad to hear about these dealers that get robbed after walking into a restaurant for 10 minutes but at the same time, they could have used wiser judgement.
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Wow! How cool would it be to have that coin? When the article says mint state, does that mean uncirculated in terms of grading? And do you guys think the coin was graded?
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I sniped one of the same dollars last night on ebay from a chinese guy for 9.95.I'm rich. hehehehehe. Anybody need a security guard job? Edited by Halfwitty
05/23/2010 2:21 pm
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In a fake PCGS slab of course :-)
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Of course.I wouldn't trust the overseas sellers if it wasn't in a slab.
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05/23/2010 2:31 pm
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I wonder how much Contursi paid for the dollar seven years ago?
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I think you'd need Chuck Norris, Mr. T, Bruce Lee, Rambo and The Terminator to guard that thing! There's no way I'd keep it in my house. It would have to be in some uber-bank vault.
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If you could afford to buy that coin, I'd say you'd probably live in a house that had many many places to hide it
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From the story that I read, it is considered (possibly) THE FIRST STRUCK U.S. DOLLAR (not just the first type, but the actual first off the die), and it's silver plugged as well. I enlarged the photos' and there appears to be a couple of raised areas (dimples, pimples, whatever you call them)at the neck, but it is certified PCGS SP66 (specimen).
Still, a really incredible coin!
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05/24/2010 11:23 am
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And do you guys think the coin was graded? It's in an overgraded SP-66 PCGS holder. Quote:
From the story that I read, it is considered (possibly) THE FIRST STRUCK U.S. DOLLAR (not just the first type, but the actual first off the die), That's the hype they've been pushing but I don't believe it. I IS the earliest die state known, and it is also the only specimen of that die state known, but the first one struck? I doubt it. The fact that it appears the dies were polished implies that they intended the first coin to be a special striking, possibly as a presentation piece. After all this was a VERY important statement of sovereignty. But if they were going to that kind of trouble to make such a statement, do you think they would have used such an inferior planchet? Underweight, holed and plugged to bring the weight up, and then scraped across the faces with a coarse file to bring the weight back down to standard? No, if yo are going to make a presentation coin like that you are going to examine the planchets and find one of the correct weight that has not had to be adjusted. This is probably one of the first few AFTER the presentation piece was struck. |
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