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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bqcoins, post: 522389, member: 5036&quot;]I am slowly trying to complete a gold type set, which of course is going to be plenty costly but is also going to be time consuming.&nbsp; I started with the 2.5 dollar coins knowing they were going to be the easiest to assemble and I could get a good feel for how gold grades before I start going willie nillie on $20 pieces.&nbsp; I already have a $10 indian and a $3 princess so I added and 1914 D 2.5 indian and a 1906 2.5 Liberty head.&nbsp; Then I asked my guy if he could locate two nice classic head gold coins for me, not in bad shape but not so expensive that I couldn&#039;t afford them.&nbsp; After a bit of searching he has come up with my classic 2.5&nbsp; This 1836, which I believe has the block 8 has a mintage of 547,986 which is the highest during the 6 years that they were minted.&nbsp; They are still very hard to find, and gold is soft but this one has great details for the price.&nbsp; It appears to be somewhere between a VF-30 or VF-35 has nice full star details and a full LIBERTY albeit a bit smushed by the IB.&nbsp; The eagle on the reverse has excellent feather details and almost a full shield, there is a small scratch above the eagle but I think it adds to the character of the 173 year old gold coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/IMG_3187.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/bqcoins/IMG_3189.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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