cool gold throwdown !

MMM MM GOOD! Gotta love those $3 Gold Coins! Great coin :thumb:

 

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Somehow I think Denver can't quite compete with the allure of Dahlonega.

 

Speaking of $3 coins I am tempted to buy this nice common date one from CRO:

 

Nice coins! The only thing that would them better would be if they were in my collection.

 

Those are absolutely beautiful tres. Here's mine: ANACS AU-55. It has a shimmering peach/burnt orange lustrous hue. Probably my favorite coin.

 

And another burnt orange lustrous indian.

 

If you want one as a type example, you could hardly go wrong there! CRO always has choice coins.

 

That's a beautiful coin! The Eagle is no slouch either, terrific luster, looks high AU to me.

 

I'm a little embarrassed to post this one, it has some obvious hairline patches esp. on the reverse, but at least the devices were spared. I bought it as a type coin, the year 1893 and the CC mintmark reminded me of Christopher Columbus and the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a neat coincidence, I thought. Mintage of 60,000.

 

Super old gold coin, with mintage of 60 K, with CC mintmark, and you are embarrassed? (Send it to me, I will put you out of your misery!)
LOL! Nice coin

 

Agreed. Even with the cleaned spots, that coin has character. Nice!

 

Grading opinions, anyone ?

Who is CRO ?

 

Study this equation - known to science as the Ricky B Inequality :

CC + Au = $$$ > me
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I'll study hard, and soon I will become the master... LOL

 

Thanks for the compliments, guys, I do like the coin. Sometimes you have to make a choice between detail and surface condition, and I compromised on this one, because I liked the details. As to the CRO coin, I think AU55. Coin Rarities Online is the business of John Agre and Dave Wnuck, 2 guys I would like to meet someday, who sell terrific hand picked coins and post hilarious reports on their travels to coin shows . Here is their site: http://www.coinraritiesonline.com/index.php

and click on Road Report for a good time!

 

Is it certified ? A gold coin with that much meat should have more lustre, but it's hard to tell from a photo.

 

I have hated the classic head gold design for as long as I can remember. However, that is the first truly attractive classic head half eagle I have ever seen. BRAVO & thank you! Here is my cool gold, a rainbow toned sAinT.



How many gold coins have you seen with a star designation? That is cool in itself.

 

:bigeyes: very cool Saint, thanks for sharing

 

It's a no brainer AU58.

CRO = coinraritiesonline.com, check them out they only stock the best of the best.

 

In hand it has a bunch more luster, it is in a PCGS green holder as AU58