california Gold 1/2 GOT PICS>>> I have three pieces of Cal gold 2 round ones dated 1854 and one octagonal dated 1852... Looking at ebay, I see them selling for many different prices... Can anyone educate me a bit on this??? How can I find a true value, so my wife can sell them on eBay??? Thanks Tom... I gotta work on puter skills and figure out how to post a photo...
I'll take a first shot--There are many ways to find out a value of coins--1 source I would buy me a Get yourself a copy of this years US REDBOOK--But don't stop there, get back on ebay and see what the prices have been completed items for your type coin--Also if you have a coin dealer where you live, drop by, or if you travel, go see a few of them--remember opinions are like ahhhh, we won't go there hehe But condition will be most important factor, is it in original condition? has it been cleaned or whizzed? also if it's genuine "is it the real thing"? If it looks like they are super coins, you might might to invest time and money and have them professionally grade by NGC or PCGS, if tampered with (cleaned) use ANACS--Any ways I hope this give you a start-- My 2004 Red Book says on the 1852 Oct intrigs me, 2 types are shown, on 1 its just an 8 sided peice, the other has an eagle, even in fine grade they list for $6,000 (nice if these)--I could not find a listing I can guess with the 1854's--Please do not get your hopes up with my posting here, without pictures of these beauties it's difficult to say, I am merely speculating-- Can you post a picture of them? that would be helpful--
Tom, When I click on the link, I get an error message. Is a sign-on/password required? You can post the pictures directly into the thread by putting
Tom - the link to your pic isn't working. Only you can access it. Try using the Attachment function here on Coin Talk to post the pic. You should also be aware - Cal. gold is likely the most often counterfeited coin type there is. The vast majority of pieces are fakes. A great many of the fakes can be identified by looking at the pics - some of them require an expert. So please don't try selling them until you know your coin(s) is genuine.
Yes - that's what she meant. But it won't work if the site where you have the pic has to be accessed with a password. And apparently yours is. Try using the Attachment function and upload the pic directly to Coin Talk.
That coin is completely unfamiliar to me. My first inclination is that it's fake, but I would wait to hear from people who can give more expert opinions on gold.
GOT IT!!! Finally.... Being old ain't fun.... Actually these were part of a coin collection that my wife's father left her and we're going to sell them to buy some equiptment for our farm... I realize that there are fakes out there but I'm sure they have been in my wifes hands for over 30 years now... Also I've seen some strange fluxations in the price on ebay for the last couple of weeks... Any help will be appreciated... Tom
Here is your pic - just helpin ya out Can you post a pic of the other side ? Just do whatever you did the last time - I'll take it from there.
OK - I was finally able to pull up all your pics to check them. Sorry to tell ya this - but they are tokens, not genuine coins. Many of them are not even made of gold, but of brass. Others are made of 10k or 14k gold - and still others are made of pure gold. But all of them are tokens - not coins. Their value is but a few dollars. If you wish to read detailed information on these for yourself - please check HERE
Well so much for that... I knew something was wrong somewhere... That sure clarifys it for me... Thanks a bunch... Tom...
So sorry to read the news from GD--I was looking at the wrong coin in my redbook , which goes to show the perils of guessing without a picture-I don't think I'll venture down that road again without a pic--I did see a few of the pictured tokens on ebay tho, 1 that looks exactly like this one is at $45 bid--most were much less--Anyways good luck with them--
Most likely, the one you saw at $45 is not being marketed as the token that it is. Many of these gold coins are sold as the genuine article. One of the easiest ways to tell is that the true California gold coins did not have animals on the reverse. I don't think there were any exceptions to this, but if there were, I'm sure someone will show up to correct me.
To the best of my knowledge none of them had bears on them. But what the genuine coins did have, in every case, was a denomination. And it is not just 1/2 or 1/4 - it would say 1/2 or half dollar or 1/4, quarter dollar for example.
