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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wish it was mine. Maybe in my next life.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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Saw an article in CoinWorld on these. There are a couple known, super cool. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Amazing, I'm not much for errors but this...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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weak ribbon.... yeah kidding
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Nice. Can anyone lend me $599,999.99?  John1  |
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United States
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Gasp! What a coin! I'd love to see who could afford that...
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Australia
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My opinion won't alter the price even one tiny bit.
No way of proving it, but it could be a mint sport, in much the same way as a '13 Liberty Head Nickel.
Shows you what market demand and publicity can do over a long time can do. ONLY $600,000? for perhaps an even rarer gold coin.
If you are a multi millionaire, this coin could possibly one of the wisest and best opportunistic investments you could make.
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I saw this one in Mike Byer error journals last year? maybe no taker...
But is a heck of a coin to own! Whooa...
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Wow  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Why would the government confiscate the 1933 $20 gold pieces and not take this item?
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Pillar of the Community
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Because the 1933 St Gaudens was never released to the public. With rare exceptions, any 1933 in circulation can assumed to have been stolen. In the case of this coin, it is highly probable these were done on purpose for a collector or polital figure. If memory serves me correct, there was a time when congress members preferred to be paid in $2.50 gold pieces, this may have simply been a request by a Representative or Senator for something "different" than the usual $2.50 gold coin. Seems plausible
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Pillar of the Community
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No "Best Offer" box...   |
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Pillar of the Community
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It looks more like a proof to me.
I agree @DNA, he needs the best offer thing.
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Pillar of the Community
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it is highly probable these were done on purpose for a collector or political figure It is hard to term this coin an "error" coin. It most definitely is not an error.It was purposely made for someone and purposely kept in MS65 condition. no mint error happened here. The more interesting story is how Mike Byers, with 0.00 positive feedback, has $4,000,000 worth of coins to sell on ebay. David Lawrence he is not.  EDIT: Ok upon further review, his ebay presence and rather uninspired website, does belie his apparent reputation. Maybe he is DL junior Edited by denco7
10/21/2013 9:57 pm
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Quote:EDIT: Ok upon further review, his ebay presence and rather uninspired website, does belie his apparent reputation. Maybe he is DL junior Mike Byers doesn't need a flashy website or thousands of ebay feedbacks to cement his reputation as, along with Fred Weinberg, the top of the food chain when it comes to true "errors." The fact that some of these "errors" were deliberate does not subtract from their numismatic significance or value, in the broader opinion of numismatists. Mike has turned his concentration on gold recently. The last time I saw his table - at FUN last January - gold was all he had on display. Not just gold, but Gold - ever seen a "Specimen" strike from Dahlonega? Likely not; there's only one. He's got it for you, if you've got $1,000,000 to spend. |
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Posted 10/21/2013 1:40 pm
