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An 1892 Ten dollar I bought in the mid-nineties from a reputable dealer at the PAN show. A raw extra-fine (maybe low au).

 

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I don’t remember the date of my first gold coin because I bought 4 gold coins the first time. All four were $2.50 Gold Indian coins. I slowly bought more and now I own the entire set of them. I bought the 1911-D, strong D first and after I completed the set I bought the 1911-D, weak D. For this set I really wanted to own the variety.

 

It was a tiny coin replica, about as big around as a pencil eraser. I gave it away in a contest

 

One of my bucket list coins!

 

My first gold coin was an 1854 Type II gold dollar. I bought it from my mother’s cleaning lady. Type II gold dollars had begun to become a big deal when I bought it in circa 1963, but this one was not worth a fortune. It has a VF-25 or so, and date was very weak, but readable. A weak date is not unusual for a Type II gold dollar. I sold it a little over ten years later.

The same lady had an 1853-D gold dollar. It was the first gold coin I ever saw. She would not sell that one. One of the men in town had offered her $50 for it, and she had passed. That was a fair offer in the early 1960s. It was probably an EF, but I had only been a collector for a few months when I saw it as a fifth grader and had no ideal how to grade coins.

 

When I started collecting Roman coins, back in 1974, I was poor and could not afford one. Now that I am better off, prices of Roman gold coins have gone up so much that I still can't afford one: this is called destiny.....

 

Yes, if I had my way, twelve Caesars would all be aureii. That is beyond my budget. The only aureus I have is a one from Antonius Pius which is the most common of all. I do have a couple of solidii which much more common and cheaper.

 

@Archeocultura . Actually any time I find myself getting played with in life I picture the ladies of "Fate" lounging on their couches and giggling. James

 

My first was actually three gold coins, part of a large eBay lot. I thought I was making out like a bandit, but eventually learned enough to realize that I'd overpaid by a little bit for the lot as a whole. But given the swings in gold and silver, I'm still well ahead in the end.

I eventually sent them to ANACS, and posted them in this GTG thread, which was its own entertainment.

 

This was a gift from my late father in 1995.

 

My first gold coin was a Mexican one Peso from my grandmother. I still have it.

 

My first gold coin was a 1945 Mexican Dos Pesos, I paid $52 for it, after that I ventured out to start buying 1/10th American Gold Eagles at around $160 each, those days were really good to me, anyone remember prices like that??

 

Back in graduate school (late 60's early 70's) I started dealing with First CoinVestors where I bought what I could afford. Several times, they included a free 2 peso gold coin. I ended up with 5 of them.

 

Because the 1853-D gold dollar was the first gold coin I ever saw at 10 years of age, this one is one of my favorites. No, it's not the 1853-D gold dollar I saw long ago. I never had a crack at that one.

 

This whole thing with elephants in Ancient Rome intrigues me. That must have been as intimidating as an armored tank approaching an infantry squad back its day.

 

1986 Statue of Liberty 3-coin proof set. Out of school, my first good job, and recently back into collecting, I had the disposable income to buy it from the mint. Still have it.
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Mine is the 1987 Constitution coin set from the mint.

 

This is the first and only gold coin that I have. Grandma Dorothy gave it to me many years ago. (40-45?) There is a story that goes along with it that may be apocryphal. She grew up in a tenement in Manhattan the oldest of 3 and so when her parents were out working she was in charge at a very young age. One day she can't find the $5 gold piece, and her younger brother, my Uncle Benny (which was not his real name, it may have been Myron) and he says he threw the big penny out the window to a poor girl who was begging. So she runs downstairs and gets it back, replacing it with a regular lower valued coin. I don't know how she held onto it for 60 years or however long it was before she gave it to me.