Finally got my first gold today! + A couple of new half dime acquisitions

I said I would obtain a gold piece in October 2016, but I unfortunately couldn't. But my goal was to get one over the spring break, and I have finally done so. I went to a little pawn shop that had a few Liberty $2.50s in a bin for a little above melt. They were mostly late dates, but looking through them, I found this one:

I could not believe my eyes. An 1848 CAL quarter eagle in a junk bin! I held the coin obverse up on the table when I bought it, so the owner wouldn't know it was a CAL.

I had spent most of my money on the quarter eagle, but I still had a little bit left, and there was also a bin that sold half dimes for $10 each. They were mostly beat up common dates, but there were a couple of gems in there. Here they are:






I couldn't believe what I found at the pawn shop that day. I now know where my new coin source is going to be.

 

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Are they open more than this one day of the year?

 

Nice gold, I'd get it certified, real quick.

also, the 1846 1/2 dime looks questionable, possible contemporary fake, look at the date. Unless this is a listed variety.

 

The 1846 date is supposed to look like that.

 

I think pcgs would only grade these today. Tomorrow turns back into a normal day

 

I know little about the 1848 CAL quarter eagles, but that may just be a normal 1848 quarter eagle with CAL stamped onto it post-minting. It looks like there's some flattening on the corresponding part of the obverse and the location is off slightly:
http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_eagles/liberty_head_quarter_eagles/1848_cal_quarter_eagle.htm

 

Where have I seen that black spot on the reverse above the E in AMERICA before?

Let me go check my extensive half dime collection.

 

I would say 1,000,000 to 1 that CAL. is genuine.

 

Nope, it's real. Apparently someone cracked this pcgs MS62 out, and sold it for melt by accident. Today only
3rd coin down, cert number 02415118
http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/CoinImages.aspx?s=7749

 

Guys. Come on now. Think what day it is.

 

While the gold may be the most obvious, all four SCREAM... Happy April Fools, fellas!

 

Then the real one looks fake.

 

The whole idea behind an April fools joke is to admit it was a joke, even when as obvious as this, right? Perhaps this is even more important when on a forum where certain other members have the bad habit of posting supposed "newps" that don't really belong to them...