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1900 Double Eagle

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 Posted 10/29/2010  11:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list
That is a very beautiful coin, I know very little about this type but I would grade it at AU-58. The letters on the neck are JBL the designer of the coin.
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 Posted 10/29/2010  11:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Maineman750 to your friends list
AdamE, I believe those are the designers initials JWL...but I'm not positive
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 Posted 10/29/2010  11:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nolawyer to your friends list
No, it does not say COPY. It reads J.B.L. for James B. Longacre, the designer.
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 Posted 10/29/2010  11:44 am  Show Profile   Check BH1964's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add BH1964 to your friends list
Beautiful coin! Looks like it could be an MS64 or possibly even a 65. $20 Liberty's get very pricey (even common dates) at the MS65 level and this coin appears close at a 65.

I would have your coin graded by a major service like PCGS or NGC in the near future!
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 Posted 10/29/2010  12:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mattbrowning7 to your friends list
AU 58. It's extremely clean for a jewelry piece, no dirt or toning or anything. It looks perfectly preserved. If it was completely untouched, I would venture to weak 65. Really clean fields and the cheek marks look minor enough in these shots.

Does the edge or rim have any markings from the clasps?
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 Posted 10/29/2010  8:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add carmykle to your friends list
Wow! And I'm not really a fan of gold coins or Longacer designs.
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 Posted 10/29/2010  8:36 pm  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
I agree with AU58. Nice gold!
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 Posted 10/29/2010  9:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list
A very beautiful coin.

I would have to go AU 55/58

I am seeing slight or a trace of wear wear on lower cheek/mid neck/lower neck, of Liberty.
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 Posted 10/29/2010  11:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nolawyer to your friends list

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Does the edge or rim have any markings from the clasps?

Other than some small marks on the rims (which are visible in the pictures), I don't see any evidence of the marks left by the clasps. I'm not even sure if those marks were caused by the clasps. The reeded edge is in great shape.


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I would have your coin graded by a major service like PCGS or NGC in the near future!

I am planning on sending it to PCGS with my next submissions. I'll post the results. It'll will become part of my certified type set.

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 Posted 10/30/2010  12:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mattbrowning7 to your friends list

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I don't see any evidence of the marks left by the clasps.


thats a relief. I'm excited to see what PCGS says, keep us posted
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 Posted 10/30/2010  12:27 am  Show Profile   Check BH1964's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add BH1964 to your friends list
I hope you get a 64. Here's a PCGS MS64 of mine. Yours compares very favorably.

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 Posted 10/30/2010  01:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add canadanz to your friends list
My first guess was 65. Make sure to update us when PCGS gets a grade on it!
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 Posted 10/30/2010  02:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ACE Mike to your friends list
Sure doesn't look like a jewelery piece. Probably AU-58, but PCGS may MS-64 it.
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 Posted 10/30/2010  09:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list
After seeing bherring1964's slabbed MS-64 ...
I am leaning to agree with him. What I was seeing on this coin
is the same I see on his. Just a slight rub in cheek and neck area.
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 Posted 10/30/2010  3:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add johnny54321 to your friends list
Very nice coin! I think what is throwing me off a bit(and maybe others too), is it's hard to tell from those pictures how much luster is retained on Liberty's face/hair. The fields are fully lustrous, so it is a 58 minimum imo...but I cant tell how much luster is on the face. If there is luster I'm not seeing, it could easily be 64-65; so maybe some more pics would help.

From bherring's picture, it is easier to tell that the devices are lustrous.
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