What was your first gold coin? Never had one? Then click here... :-)

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by lordmarcovan, Nov 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM.

  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Here's a new giveaway. The prize is a (very tiny) gold coin, for anyone who has never owned a gold coin before. (If you do own one, you may still enter on behalf of one of the people who hasn't.)

    Click the pic to go to the Contests forum thread. :)

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    (I guess I should have made the virtual coin in the illustration a gold one. Oh well.)
     
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    lordmarcovan, Nov 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    My first gold coin was an 1857 USA $5 Liberty, which graded around Fine or so. I worked all summer when I was 16 to save up for it. (That summer job was as sound man/camera assistant on a TV documentary about 19th century timber rafts on the Altamaha River in Georgia. It was pretty interesting.)
     
    lordmarcovan, Nov 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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  4. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    My first gold coin adorns my mommas neck now. I was a very poor kid. Momma schooled all day and worked all night. My coin collection was built on school lunch money and was worn slick V-nickels and the like...... There was a tiny coin shop between my school and my home that I was in almost every day after school. The shop owner had taken a liking to me and would let me do chores for coins from time to time. I had always admired the half eagle in his case and he made me a deal. I could work off the cost of that half eagle if I wanted to. I jumped at the chance... I washed windows. swept floors, and cut his grass for what seemed to be an eternity... And the day he said I paid my debt, he handed me that half eagle and I ran home. Momma and me sat at the kitchen table and admired the heck out of it...... That was near a half century ago. Several years back I had that half eagle made into a necklace for mom. She called me after she received it and asked me if it would hurt the coin if she slept with it on!

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  5. Inspector43

    Inspector43 More than 75 Years Active Collecting Supporter

    My first gold coin is my only gold coin.
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    Inspector43, Nov 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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  6. David Betts

    David Betts Elle Mae Clampett cruising with Dad

    my 1 st gold coin bought raw and came back ex jewelry! Learned from there
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    David Betts, Nov 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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  7. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    I bought my first gold coin, 30 something years ago. Didn't have a clue what I was doing. Just fell in love with it and had to have it.
    It was a one dollar gold coin dated 1856 upright 5 and gave $100 for it. I sent the coin to PCI and it came back in the red label holder as counterfeit.

    The dealer gave me a refund and all was good. Looking back, I wish I had saved it. It may have been worth more as a counterfeit. Don't know but it was a good lesson to learn.

    After that I started on the Dansco 7070 gold page. Once that was finished, I quit collecting gold until the 1995 W gold proof set came out. All I really wanted was the Silver Eagle that came in the set. Still have the set today.
     
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  8. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    My first gold coin was a 1986 American Gold Eagle, 1 oz. bought in the late 1980s. Bought one of those and a tube of ASEs.
     
    Clawcoins, Nov 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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  9. ksmooter61

    ksmooter61 Not in Kansas anymore

    Dang near made me cry Randy, what a story.
     
    ksmooter61, Nov 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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