Buying Modern Golden Dollars

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MS60 wouldn't cut it for me. It's smart of them to cover themselves with an accurate description though.

Nice Album GR58.

Well, I should mention that I decided long ago to only collect this series in proof.

Since I am a Dansco filler, it made the most sense to collect them one per year (Dansco 7186) and fill them from the proofs sets that I was already buying. I saw no point in collecting P/D/S since the date and mint mark on the edge, not visible when in the album.

It's on my list. I'd like to see the one I buy in person though. I bought the Goodacre Presentation version off ebay and it showed up yesterday. It's an interesting coin with a mintage of only 5,000. I got it and 12 other Sacagawea's for $620. Each is in an ICG holder. The Goodacre Presentation version has her actual signature and the model's signature on the outside of the holder. The other 12 holders are for 2000 and 2001 coins. Six have the reverse designer's actual signature on the slab label and six have the model's signature on the slab label. I may have paid a little more than the Goodacre Presentation coin is worth alone in the holder, but I think having the signatures is pretty historical. I pretty much believe in buying the coin, not the holder, but these are sort of exceptions because the holders have autographs.

In addition to the provenance (and more important in my opinion), they are an actual variety. It looks to me like a non-cameo proof, but I understand they were struck once instead of twice. Put it beside a mint state or a proof and you can immediately tell the difference. The 5000 mintage makes it a key to the series. The odd thing is that the Cheerios dollar is said to have a mintage of something less than 5500, yet it goes for more than ten times as much. People either spent the Cheerios dollars and they're now stuck in banks somewhere or they have them stashed in a drawer somewhere and don't know what they have. As more get discovered, I suspect the Cheerios values will decrease.