Like I said way back, my Type Set is based on the NGC Registry Set. There was no way I could do gold coins from the beginning. But NGC very nicely had a short gold type set starting with designs beginning in 1834 and later. That's the way I went. And I completed it. I took the time to re-image all the coins; the original images were not too good. Actually the set turns out to be rather boring in terms of design differences. Here's my first part: 1853 $1 Liberty Head - NGC AU-58 1855 $1 Indian Princess Head, Small Head - PCGS AU-55 1857 $1 Indian Princess Head, Large Head - PCGS MS-63 1836 $2.50 Classic Head/No Motto/Block 8 - NGC XF-45 1909 $2.50 Indian Head - PCGS AU-55
Hmmmmm, yes. Strange that I don't have one. If I don't it's definitely a hole I have to fill. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Just checked my inventory and it indicates that I have one. But where is it? It'll take a bit of digging and scratching to find it.
The coins look well struck I just purchased a 21/2 classic and a no motto 5 and an 1908 n/m 10 Indian in 61
Hi Kanga, Congratulations on your completion. I can’t speak to your coins but am near certain they’re far nicer looking in hand than the photos would suggest. That’s meant as a compliment. I’m working on an Indian $2.50 set and would say your example is a good coin for its grade. I especially like its portrait definition.
As I've said in the past, very few coins look as good in enlarged images as they do in hand. All of those images are close to 10x enlargement. Plus cameras see coins differently than in hand. And since gold being the softest coining metal it marks up quite easily. I doubt that ANY coin would grade MS-70/PF-70 if they were examined at 10x. Something numismatists have to understand and live with. In hand all those coins look as good as the grade suggests.
I rarely use any magnification but if I feel I have to I've got a 3-6-9x loupe and 3x normally does the trick. 6x if I'm having some difficulties.
