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New Member
Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Hi guys, few days ago I found out that my ount has some gold dollar coins from 1868...or to be precise, she has a bracelet with 19 gold dollar coins (plus 1 that is cut to be used as a buckle for that bracelet). My aunt got it as a wedding gift 30 years ago from her aunt that was a tailor in Casablanca (Morocco). She was also doing some „creations" for Eleanor Roosevelt, so I guess she was a pretty good tailor. She also gave one ducat to my grandma so I would like to know how much does those things worth. Since they got it they were in a box, and they told me they weren't cleaned or anything. I don't know nothing about that stuff so I would really appreciate if you can tell me how much I can get for bracelet and how much for ducat? Here are the photos:     |
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Valued Member
United States
169 Posts |
If they are REAL gold they are worth however many ounces of gold it is
WELCOME TO CCF!!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5202 Posts |
If all of the coins are genuine and not jewelers replicas and hopefully the coins are held in place by the mounts and not soldered then you might have a little more value than just the melt value in gold less there is a key date in mix then you might get a little more than melt for that one.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Pending authentication, at least US$1500 for the double eagle 'ducat' and possibly that much for the bracelet.
Or more depending on how much gold is in the holders, and any possible numismatic value I have not addressed.
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Valued Member
United States
153 Posts |
Your pictures show pretty decent details of the coins features. Did you use a macro zoom? I am surprised that someone who does not know anything about numismatics would take such pictures. The "ducat" coin you mentioned if genuine is a $20 gold Double Eagle coin 1 oz of gold (of the Liberty design) and is worth upwards of $1600. As for the gold dollars, they are only ~ 1/20 the gold content of the Double Eagle, but due to their numismatic value, are probably worth $100-$200 each. You might want to check the dates of these coins individually, as some date and mintmark combinations are more valuable to collectors than others (such as the 1849-C open wreath which is a six figure coin.) Overall, a very nice assortment of gold coins
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03/28/2013 01:05 am
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New Member
 Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Thank you guys for your respond. @coins4fun - no this camera doesn't have macro zoom, but it's a good camera:) I don't know anything about numismatics, but I know something about life - if you need to determine value of something you have to have a better perspective ;)
Thank you guys one more time and if I find more in our collection, I'll be back :)
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6381 Posts |
 Many replica gold coins were made in the Middle East during the mid-1900s. They were not intended to deceive collectors but rather to get around the prohibition on owning gold bullion in the USA. These pieces should be examined carefully to determine whether they are genuine, and if not, whether they are gold (and how pure). Are all the dollars dated 1868? If so that would suggest they are more likely replicas cranked out from a single set of dies. |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Interesting comment about the 1868 coin. There is an ebay seller currently offering three 1868 gold dollars, each appear slightly different, but the buyers are being extremely cautious as the current bids are only in the region of £6! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Going to be honest here-from what I can see the detail on the dollar coins especially is very weak, kinda mushy acually, which isn't a good sign. I would expect more detail on these coins. The $20 isn't as bad but the obverse shows some mushy details IMO and the reverse has something sticking in the middle of the shield. Like a die crack or something that seems outta place.
We do need better close up pictures but I wouldn't be surprised if these were jeweler's fakes like jack and jaobler were talking about.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
since you have $40 face value in gold if we are assuming they are real you have according to my calculator... 2,561.55 melt value  . I also see something on the double eagle that looks like a mintmark. Could you tell us what is? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They appear to be replicas and not gold to me. Take them to a jeweler, they will tell you if they are gold.
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Valued Member
United States
131 Posts |
I saw a bracelet similar to this on ebay recently.. it had less coins but I believe it was a jewelers replica coins but still gold and expensive... nice looking stuff and good luck in your pursuit of knowledge... PEACE... |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The details are mushy, but that COULD be a result of them rubbing together.
Because of the mushy details I also have to agree with the possibility that the coins could be jewelry copies, especially so with the one dollar coins.
A jeweler would your next call for an opinion.
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