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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26464262, member: 101855"]I was looking at the dates of my $2.50 gold coins, and was surprised to find that among the 5 early type coins I have (1796 to 1829) that I have the coins from 100 years later. It's fun to compare how the designs changed over a century. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the first installment, 1829 - 1929. These coins had too much gold in them compared to their face value. That resulted in extensive melting. PCGS CoinFacts estimates that there are 115, 1829 quarter eagles left. This one is PCGS graded AU-55. PCGS has graded 5 others in this grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1687805[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike its bigger sister, the five dollar gold piece, the 1929 quarter is a common date. This one is raw because it's in my $2.50 Indian set. I bought this one at Gimbel's Department Store's coin counter back in the 1960s. It was graded UNC. [ATTACH=full]1687806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26464262, member: 101855"]I was looking at the dates of my $2.50 gold coins, and was surprised to find that among the 5 early type coins I have (1796 to 1829) that I have the coins from 100 years later. It's fun to compare how the designs changed over a century. Here is the first installment, 1829 - 1929. These coins had too much gold in them compared to their face value. That resulted in extensive melting. PCGS CoinFacts estimates that there are 115, 1829 quarter eagles left. This one is PCGS graded AU-55. PCGS has graded 5 others in this grade. [ATTACH=full]1687805[/ATTACH] Unlike its bigger sister, the five dollar gold piece, the 1929 quarter is a common date. This one is raw because it's in my $2.50 Indian set. I bought this one at Gimbel's Department Store's coin counter back in the 1960s. It was graded UNC. [ATTACH=full]1687806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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