Worst Thing Done To Rare Coins That I've Ever Seen

Seriously? Even for a C mint?
As the listing itself says, "nothing that can't be fixed"... pretty sure there's a reasonable way to remove solder from the gold coins (probably something involving acids not quite strong enough to harm gold). And you'd get the 1851-O 3c as a bonus (the 1853 is probably too far gone, but it wasn't worth much in the first place).
Heck, if I was a person looking for examples of US coins from as many mints as possible (and was located in somewhere they would ship to, of course), I would've jumped at this listing... if they're real, that's pretty much the only realistic way to ever get a C mint so cheaply (and there's another possibly valuable gold coin thrown in - can't quite see the date from the pictures).

i wonder what the mint and year is on the other one that isn't broken and sure they are messed up now but for a 100 bucks over melt you could have a rare coin that is affordable compared to the 600 plus on an unmolested piece.

january1may,

Thank you comrade for the tip. I purchased those coins. Just look at what a damaged, worn 1851C did on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GOLD-DOLLAR...em2322d14cb2

Or how about this 660 dollar damaged version?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1851-C-Ty-1...em564c5b6d55

I think I'll be OK.

Both dollars are probably real and there is a very good possibility the other dollar is a C mint coin also. People nowadays forget that when coins such as these were used for jewelry it was just spending money. No thought was given that they were destroying any future numismatic value of a coin common in local commerce at the time and would eventually prove to be worth thousands of dollars a hundred years later.

I met a man in the 1980's who had an uncirculated 1921 Peace dollar mounted in a silver belt buckle AND he knew it was a valuable coin at the time he had it done. He just wanted to wear a 1921 Peace dollar and he didn't care that wearing it in the buckle would ruin most of its numismatic value.

Ed
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