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Message:: [QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 468438, member: 12965"]Howdy fellow coin peeps,  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I got my first true California Gold Fractional in today.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />hya:  It's a 1869 BG-1106 octagonal $1  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  <img src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/5445/1869obvrk8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8153/1869revnk4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> I am not sure what "period" it's from but I think it's a period 2 piece, which I think is a timeframe, since these rarely were minted the same year as they are dated but rather, are usually back-dated.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Ribbit  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]