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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 6431640, member: 31286&quot;]Yes!&nbsp; They represent a world that is so different, good, bad and evil from the world we live in now.&nbsp; The only pre-50 gold pieces I own are in my 1840 mint set collection, and by definition they are among the first &quot;Liberties&quot;.&nbsp; Everything earlier than 1840 becomes far more expensive - although not necessarily more rare. If I had the means pre 1840 gold is a direction I could see pursuing. Beautiful designs and tons of history. However, my interest in and learning about the first liberties, the shifts in attitude, technology, politics they represent has been fun and satisfying.&nbsp; Lots of good numismatic stories.&nbsp; The country was recovering from the Jacksonian era and all the stark contrasts of those years - and heading for the great schism that has yet to be resolved.&nbsp; It&#039;s interesting for sure.&nbsp; It&#039;s fun to see the almost complete range of coinage that people in that era carried, including my coins.&nbsp; Not a mint state among them - The lowest grade is VF30 (a with drapery dime) and the highest AU55 (several of the gold pieces) XF45 is the most common grade. The Eagle is the largest coin minted - which helps make the collection manageable.&nbsp; I am missing only one example of a gold coin issue from 1840 - the $2.50 quarter Eagle from Dahlonega.&nbsp; I have decent or better examples of all the silver except several of the many varieties of dimes and half dimes. I have one of the interesting 1840(O) half dollars - minted in New Orleans but without a mint mark. It is within the realm of possibility that I can someday find a D quarter Eagle that I can afford - hopefully one that meets my expectations regardless of the grade- details would be fine if the coin is not too hard to look at, haha. And if I found that I might very well be motivated to find those missing 5 and 10 cent varieties and get to 100%.&nbsp; That would be fun.</p><p>For anyone interested you can see my 1840 set in the NGC registry.&nbsp; Easy enough to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, all of this said, a nice 1794 dollar is quite something!</p><p><br /></p><p>If you hung in there and read this, thanks much.&nbsp; From the 1840 guy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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