This thing is dripping with luster. But I don't think it's gem, and it's a really common date, and they won't move far on price, so thinking I'll pass. Yep, I'll be kicking myself when gold hits $10k.
They'd only come down to 4500. I might be able to talk them down to 4400, but that's still more than I'd pay for a random date slabbed 65 from the big online places today, apparently.
The only way I could "afford" that baby was if I found it in the couch cushions. We all know that ain't going to happen. Bruce
It's not strictly Mint State, and I am not sure that it is genuine. The coin looks a "fuzzy", not crispt, to me. Here's a certified one from the same era. There were lots of counterfiet U.S. gold coins floating around in the 1960s and '70s. They often had the right gold content, but were not made in the U.S. I've seen dealers selling less than Mint State U.S. gold coins a little less than melt at the shows. If you want to buy bullion, I'd get one of these.
I think the texture you're seeing is due to a picture taken without the right light - but it is also in a plastic flip with a weird texture. Look at the plastic flip around the actual coin, you can see it is not smooth, clear plastic.
Yeah, the pictures don't do a good job showing its in-hand appearance, especially now that I'm able to look at them on the laptop. I'm fairly sure it's genuine; at least, I didn't see any of the worms or pimples common on real-gold counterfeits. It was very pretty, but the price isn't quite right. And realistically, if I'm going to start trusting myself buying raw gold, I'd just as soon get some more practice with smaller denominations. Edit to add: they had lots of modern bullion. Gold is still gold, but if I get my choice, I'd rather get classic coinage.
Since there are posted concerns about that coin, do they have a sigma tester for you to see and are they willing to do it for you? I'll bet they would for the sale. With regard for the rest of your comment, a couple of weeks ago I "felt" there would be a retraction in the PM market, but just a breather before the next leg up. I think this week we are seeing the next upward leg. I know my comment belongs in the bullion forum but I post where I find em.
Could be, but when I am l am thinking about laying down $4 grand plus and only have a picture to use, I am careful.
When something is that expensive you want it to be certified as genuine by a grading company rather then find out later it is fake and you have no recourse. You go back to a pawn shop, that thing you sold me was fake, I want my money back. That's not the one we sold you, you switched it.
