Bumping this to the top, over the closed contests.
This was in a private message sent by @Evan Saltis, so I can lock this thread down for the archives.
And now, the random drawing. Our lucky number was... 35! [ATTACH] And Post #35 was by... @Bradley Trotter ... on behalf of @Evan Saltis! Good...
Whaddya know, I slept through the whole night. Not something that usually happens. Being a hotel night auditor and thus accustomed to a...
If I wake up in the middle of the night (as is so often the case on the nights when I’m off work), I might do the drawing in the wee hours. Time...
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That arrowhead is fantastic!
Hey, maybe they'll find some coins and send them to me, but send me the wrong ones by mistake... ;) [ATTACH]
Well, darn. I do thank you for the thought, and I like how you addressed the package. :) Speaking of addresses, I edited yours out of the first...
Here’s the answer, for those ready to see the reveal: https://www.pcgs.com/cert/43096849
By way of comparison with its little sister, here is my Classic Head quarter-eagle, which is a PCGS 40. [ATTACH]
For the record, I’d have guessed VF30 if I didn’t know the grade. Not saying that’s the actual PCGS grade here. Just the way I’d have seen it....
I believe this now completes my basic type set of post-1834 gold. I have all the basic designs now from dollar through double-eagle, with all...
Type. The 1836 has a slightly lower mintage (553,147) than the 1834 (657,460) which is the date you usually see for this type. But it’s still...
Indeed, I feel fortunate to be able to buy the sort of stuff I’ve been buying over the last year. Wasn’t that long ago that I could not have...
Congrats! A worthy accomplishment! Yeah, I’d just print out little placeholder tags.
Yep! Wow, indeed.
Just won in a Heritage auction. Guess the grade, if you're so inclined. This will be the first Classic Head I've owned that wasn't dated 1834....
Here’s the answer. https://www.pcgs.com/cert/21877502
The coin is in a PCGS holder- no plus grade, no CAC sticker.
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