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Where Can I Buy A 1879 $4 Gold Stella Coin With Coiled Hair

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 Posted 01/02/2017  12:59 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add niceguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
am looking to buy a "graded" coinas listed in the title
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For a coin of that quality and rarity, I would look to Heritage Auctions, Great Collections or David Lawrence.

I saw a couple at my local rare coin outlet, one PR62 and a PR64, both CAC and both listed at $82,500
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I see none for sale now.

Last sold 23 April 2015, PCGS PF 65 CAC = $881,250.00 via Heritage Auctions.

Good luck finding one. 12-15 examples extant.
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http://www.beymerzcoins.com/
Try Jack , he has a super large inventory .
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If I was going to buy the coin in question, I would find a top dealer who specializes in gold coins, and have the dealer search for the coin.
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with Slider23 for a purchase as significant as that, I would think it wise to get a top dealer to help you.
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Money alone will not purchase that coin ... market availability is the key obstacle to overcome.

My advise is to make your interest and financial qualifications known to some top notch dealers and ask them to find the coin for you. You will pay a premium for their time ....

Prior suggestion of Heritage is a good one ... reach out to them. Also Stacks-Bowers might be of help.

I'd enjoy a photograph should you ever acquire such a coin.

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Here is a PCGS link you can check rather often to see if any examples of this coin crop up.


PCGS runs a scan of the Internet to local PCGS graded coins that dealers are offering. It also leads you to the major auctions, which you are most likely to find an item like this.

Sorry the site won't allow me to post the link for this service, which I find disturbing. Get into the PCGS registry, enter the $4 gold or "stella" area, and hit the "shop" button. Right now nothing is available, but I check this feature regularly.

PCGS "Coin Facts" states that 14 of these coins are known. Finding one will take time, even if you have the money.
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Last sold 23 April 2015, PCGS PF 65 CAC = $881,250.00 via Heritage Auctions.


That one is willing to accept an offer. If you have a spare million laying around I'm sure they may listen.
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niceguy

You might get in touch with David Lawrence and have him put some feelers out for you.
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Here's one for sale. You have less than 2 days to decide:
https://coins.ha.com/itm/four-dolla...ption-071515
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I don't see any 1879 Coiled Hair Stellas currently available and with only 13 known to exist you will likely need to be patient. I believe billjones was going to link this page. Scroll to the middle of the page to view availability. http://www.PCGScoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/8058
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This is the sort of question that I wish troubled my mind. Please post pictures if you do decide to buy one!
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I wonder if he already has the other 3 and needs this to complete the set.
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Here's one for sale. You have less than 2 days to decide:
https://coins.ha.com/itm/four-dolla...ption-071515

That's a flowing hair not a coiled hair.
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Just to reiterate, unless you have SIGNIFICANT experience with numismatics I would work with an very experienced, reputable dealer who specializes in gold for that type of purchase. That is a huge price point to go in even semi-blindly, and the premium you'll pay for the dealers help will be worth it, in my opinion.

Maybe you have much more experience than I'm assuming, but if you're asking on a forum how to find them, my initial assumption would be that you don't have decades of experience, at least at this "level" of numismatics.
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