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1853 Double Eagle

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 Posted 08/01/2012  3:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Lobby to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Paying $50 for a coin with $20 face value. Except for the fact that $50 was a lot of money 45 years ago, that seems like a reasonable deal.

Makes one think we should be investing in 1893-S Morgans right now...
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 Posted 08/01/2012  4:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Makes one think we should be investing in 1893-S Morgans right now...


At the time that 1853 $20 was $48, you could buy nice BU $5 Liberty's in the $18-20 range. Think I would rather spend the money buying BU $5 Liberty's today in the $500 range than sink the money in 1893-S Morgans, but that's just me.
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 Posted 08/01/2012  5:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Lobby to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I dunno.

If he gets an MS-63 grade for that coin, he's got $30k in that thing. For a coin with only $1600 dollars worth of gold, that collector value is pretty good. :-)
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 Posted 08/01/2012  6:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ray1221 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The dealer I bought it from was a nice guy. I don't feel bad that I overpaid $2. I didn't know at the time but it is a good date.
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 Posted 08/01/2012  7:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mkman123 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
good job! Send it in to get graded!
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 Posted 08/01/2012  11:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jaobler to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It really is an exceptionally nice double eagle, with extremely clean fields and a strong strike. The mint frost on the coronet between the letters of LIBERTY looks perfect. There might be enough rub in the obverse fields to make it a technical AU-58 but the eye appeal is so much better. Beautiful!
I suggest you find a PCGS-authorized dealer to handle the submission for you. I expect they should charge you $100 or a bit more and it's money well spent. Make sure you get receipts!
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