Post Your Old Gold !

Here's a few of mine. A little bad luck on one of them.


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Ouch! If you ever catch a counterfeiter and need help hanging him, just IM me...

 

This counterfeit was made in the 70's. Most likely made in the middle east. Was inherited from my grandpa. I don't think he had any idea it was fake. He also passed down a counterfeit 1898 $20 gold. I sold it for the gold content last year.

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Bummer on the counterfeit. I've had a few coins come back in bags, but not as counterfeits. At least, it should have some melt value. Better off than folks who buy gold bars with tungsten slugs in the middle. The $3 is nice eye candy though.

Cal

 

Love the $3 gold!

 

Nice one, Mr. Dude

 

My one and only half eagle

 

wow, neat find

 

Looks to be a die struck counterfeit. If it is gold, you can at least melt it down and sell it for scrap.

 

I'd keep a coin that fooled me until the end of my life to ensure I don't make the same mistake again.

 

The Liberty Head gold series takes everything that makes the seated series great and turns it up even further. Low mintages, low survival rates, low prices (at least for gold), C and D mintmarks, and made of gold. I'm surprised that most of the coins in this series have even lower survival rates than Seated coins and sell for such low prices. Sleepers for sure. I'm getting a quarter eagle soon.

 

Here is a few that I quickly took photos of. The gold dollar is my favorite coin I own. It's an 1850 O, though it is an ex jewelry piece. I bought it off of my favorite old man coin dealer.

 

Old circulated proof?

 

Another coin from the good old days:


United States $10 1850

Millard Fillmore was President (second half of 1850).

 

No it's an S mint. But the surfaces are a bit reflective.

 

'dude

 

I'll probably be getting an Indian 2.50 or a gold dollar instead of a more expensive Liberty 2.50, which can wait a year or two. Gotta save money for those other coins on my list.

 

Please, my friend. Buy a slabbed coin, especially if you are going after a $2.50 Indian.

 

Aren't Indian $2.50s the most frequently counterfeited gold coin?

Anyway, I'll probably spend the show trolling junk bins for profit.
Maybe I'll find a dateless 1916 SLQ... (crosses fingers)

I already have three world coins with a market value of about $40 that I got for about $1 total in various junk bins. One is a 1966 Australia 10 cents that I feel has a shot at 66.

Probably the best way for YNs to profit in numismatics and learn a bit about world coins as well.