1914 P & D U.S. $2.5 Gold Grade and Value

I just picked these two 1914 P & D $2.5 US gold pieces up today. I am selling them for an older lady friend of mine. Gold coins are not my expertise so any information as to grade and value would be appreciated. Thanks

 

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I'm not up on these either Paddy. Just a hunch on my part.......High VF low XF. Value? Spot.

 

oh man I would love a coin like that. But waaaaay outside my price range.

 

It's hard to see the details. Don't know whether it's your lighting or what but the shine makes me want to ask if they've been polished. Assuming it's just your lighting and not a cleaning I's say VF on the 14-D and low XF on the 14-P. As such I'd say you'd be lucky to get $300 each on eBay.

 

You can see why American thought this type of strike had a hidden virus or bacteria picked up with circulation.
EF 40
VF 30
I am always going to the very lowest grade wise top coin could be in a higher grade. Circulation grime can make a coin look a lot worse than in hand.
Nice two 1914 Philadelphia 2 1/2 dollars

 

Double post or tap it twice.

 

I agree with your grades, or you agree with mine, but we don't have 2 Philadelphia's; the first is a Denver

 

Yeah the light box using leds does give them a different look. Not been cleaned as I have the history on these two coins.
They been kept in a safety deposit box the last 82 years.
They were given as a gift both coins at the same time in 1935.
For his 13th Birthday to this friend of mine husband.
When she showed them to me they were in the same small box that they were given in.
Along with a very small note with them.
This lady husband was an B 17 pilot during WWII he flew 30 missions over Germany! He was a member of the "Lucky Bastards" club. As many of the B -17 Pilots were lost during their missions. She also gave me a roll of short snorter notes as well as his flight training hours book ,a note book hand written by him with notes of each mission.
He even kept the receipts for items issued to him. No kidding I was in aw as I'm holding history in my hands.
One receipt was for a canteen ,cover,and medal cup. The next was for a colt 45 auto and hostler.
I truly felt honored to hold such items. And may post some with the sir name with held for privacy reasons.
He kept everything it was just amazing ! !!!

 

Need better pictures to make any guesses but the date is good one for the series.

 

I'm a big history nut myself. I'd love to have been with you to see those things, but more so to hear her stories. I'm having lunch tomorrow after church with a man who piloted a B-17 during WW2 ... not on bombing missions but flying around General Harmon, the USAAC Commander of the 6th Air Force. He'll be 92 next month and has told me lots of stories about WW2 in the Caribbean, South And Central America and the eastern Pacific; an area we rarely hear associated with WW2.

 

A soak in distilled water and a Tamp dry Softy would hurt 2
1/2 are not as Dime. To

 

My grandfather was stationed in the same area. All of them. A bit in Egypt and North Africa too. Worked on some high ranking general or admirals personal aircraft. Followed along with him and kept the plane in tip top shape. Luckily didnt see any front line combat himself, just the disasters flying back in, or limping back in really.

Told me a story about a buddy of his from training came back in and the plane was in bad shape, on a temporary airstrip right in the middle of a jungle. Bad conditions no matter how you look at it. Plane had no landing gear. Guy tried to slide into home plate. Actually made the landing work, but the plane burst into flames, and my grandfather, and two other pilots or mechanics wouldn't leave him in the cockpit. Plane blew up; aside from some burns, and some broken bones, he only lost parts of 2 fingers. Pilot didn't make it. Last thing he remembers before waking up in a hospital was the pilot telling him to just leave him. I have his silver wings, his tfillin, and his peace dollar he carried with him through the war. Grampa was my best friend that I ever had, or will have. In the 20 years I had with him, he never yelled once. When I got into some trouble as a teen, I called him, not my buddies, or parents, or sibling. When we traveled, we never went somewhere and someone at some point didn't come up behind him and yell "Mackey baby, is that you???"

 

I'm going to post some notes and flight logs from this B - 17 pilot. I will also post a few of his short snorter notes. I do realize this has slipped off topic of my original post. However it sees from post's here and PM's I have received there is an interest in this subject .

 

The pilots hand written notes of missions he flew with dates.

 

Hand written notes on flight check before taking off.

 

Training and his flight log.

 

More log entries

 

Here are his rolls of short snorter notes. The note to say the least are in poor conditions they have seen a lot of handling and travel during and since WWII . I know I've high jacked my own thread however my love of history as well as my respect for all our veterans is well worth sharing these items. I hope all of you enjoyed viewing these items. Lastly I want to Thanks all Veterans for your service .

 

Awesome posts Paddy..........

 

I just noticed that March 14 1945 was his last combat mission . As we have just passed that date this week of the 70 th. year anniversary I some how feel this post was truly mean to be. Norman I'm so glad to share your experience RIP.



I will have these items with me at the Baltimore show next week, feel free to ask to see them.