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New Member
United States
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hello everyone out there. I am fairly new to coin collecting. I started out with US paper currency and have now crossed over to US coins. I was searching through this shoe box of coins that I had sitting in my closet and came across this.   at first I had no idea what it was. after posting on another forum and then doing some research I found out what it was. my question to the forum is can someone give me a grade on this coin and roughly the value. I found on coinfacts that there was only 176,330 of this minted for circulation. any info would be greaty appreciated. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Nice Find... WOW.....  |
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New Member
United States
48 Posts |
Appears to be at least VF, without coin in hand but somewhere between $200-$400. Wish I had a shoebox full of those.
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Valued Member
United States
272 Posts |
Hmm...now where did I put my long forgotten shoebox of gold coins?
Nice find!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
749 Posts |
Great Find!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1713 Posts |
Was this an inherited shoe box? What else was in there? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6381 Posts |
Looks better than VF to me; I'd call it a solid AU. For a gold coin that presumably had been rattling around with other coins in a box it is surprisingly free of marks. It looks real, but you might want to check the weight if you have access to an accurate scale. Counterfeits exist of most US gold coins. A real quarter-eagle should weigh in at about 4.18 grams.
Beautiful coin, and a terrific find. Like Arthrene, I'm wondering what else was in the box?
Oh, welcome to the forum!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2600 Posts |
Silly me, I keep shoes in those boxes. Jim  |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
628 Posts |
Welcome!
Looks AU to me. Can't tell much more from photos.
Great find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4541 Posts |
 Looks great! Nice find |
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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
265 Posts |
beautiful coin. It is conservatively, AU+. I have a 5 Dollar lib in similar condition graded by PCGS. This 2 1/2 dollar lib is valued about 250-275 dollar range..........wonderful find....congrats
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Man !.......PRETTY SWEET FIND!......  Sheeesh though, the only thing I'd find in my shoe boxes is shoes and maybe a spider or two!Congrats......bud.....that's great ! Edited by eaglefoot
03/29/2008 10:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Graet find, if you have any more shoeboxes laying around be sure to give them to me!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
543 Posts |
, forgot to include this in the last response |
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Posted 03/29/2008 09:59 am
