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Hello, Before all I'm sorry if I'm writing in the wrong place, but since I don't understand anything about US coins (I'm Portuguese) I couldn't guide myself better. It happens I got the coin in the pictures from my grandmother in law. Does it seem legit or fake? I quite like it anyway, it's a darn beautiful coin. Thank you all,     *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
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Valued Member
 United States
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Looks real to me. And darned nice, too.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks genuine, 64 at least.  to the CCF! |
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Canada
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To the Forum. Very nice coin! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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to CCF! I don't see anything that stands out in the wrong way. Looks good to me.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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and what a beauty! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice looking Double Eagle. |
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New Member
 Portugal
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hey!I'm feeling very welcome!
Thank you all for your opinion.
Now i'll just try to know how did that coin got here in Portugal. It must be a family story, since that my grandmother in law probabily didn't buy it and has never been in US, neither her parents.
I'm not a coin colector, I collect objects (coins the most) that tell some story.
For example, my grandfather before building his house had the take down the one that was already there. Inside the walls there was a gold coin from the 17th century. That tells people, that lived there, were trying not to pay taxes.
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to the Community! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fantastic coin and for where your at, even amazing. |
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Now i'll just try to know how did that coin got here in Portugal. It must be a family story, since that my grandmother in law probabily didn't buy it and has never been in US, neither her parents. In 1933 President Roosevelt issued an Executive Order, which made gold ownership—both in coins and in bars—illegal for all Americans and punishable by up to ten years in prison. The wealthy Americans to protect their gold from the US Government sent it to the European Banks. The $20 Saints were sent by the bag full to Europe. It is possible your coin came from the coins sent to Europe. The gold ownership law is no longer on the books and in recent years bags full of $20 Saints have returned to the US for grading and sold to collectors. |
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to the CCF! Looks real - Nice find! |
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Looks good. What is the weight in grams?
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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