gold $1 coin from 1868 and gold $20 coin from 1907

Hi guys,

few days ago I found out that my aunt has some gold dollar coins from 1868…or to be precise, she has a bracelet with 19 gold dollar coins (plus 1 that is cut to be used as a buckle for that bracelet). My aunt got it as a wedding gift 30 years ago from her aunt that was a tailor in Casablanca (Morocco). She was also doing some „creations“ for Eleanor Roosevelt, so I guess she was a pretty good tailor. She also gave one ducat $20 Double Eagle 1907 to my grandma so I would like to know how much does those things worth. Since they got it they were in a box, and they told me they weren't cleaned or anything. I don't know nothing about that stuff so I would really appreciate if you can tell me how much I can get for bracelet and how much for the ducat?

Here are the photos:

http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee409/vzuzic/goldcoin.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee409/vzuzic/goldcoinyear.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee409/vzuzic/dukat.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee409/vzuzic/dukat2-1.jpg

 

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Most likely when they were bezeled it damaged the coins, there for their weight in gold. But as long as they're stilled bezeled one can't tell for sure.

 

Per coinflation.com, with gold at 1601.90/oz, each gold dollar is worth $77.48 and the 1907-S Liberty Gold Piece (not a dukat or ducat) is worth $1549.83. These 20 coins are worth a total of $3021.95 if they are genuine. Now this is just the value of the gold in the coins, I have no clue if it's worth anything more as a piece of exonumia. If you took it to a pawn shop or Cash4Gold place, you might get 60% is what I've heard. Sell it on eBay and you might get close to spot but pay 13% in fees. You could list it on Craigslist for $3500 and see if you get any bites.

edit: If those are all 1868 $1 gold coins, you might have something more valuable. They only made 10,500 that year. That seems like a low mintage. Let others chime in to let you know if you have something worth more than the melt value and if it would be prudent to have the coins removed and conserved by NCS.

 

If they are real then they are worth essentially there melt value, which currently is a little over $3,000. They carry no real numismatic premium.

 

If they weren't damaged when bezeled or cleaned before/after, then they would be worth more than their gold melt value, you would have to destroy the bracelet to validate the former. You should be able to check the latter fairly easily.