Another relic from my early collecting days, here is an 1854 type 2 gold dollar. It has definitely been cleaned. These are often lightly struck, but I think this coin has enough wear to warrant an xf grade. Opinions appreciated as to grade, authenticity, etc. I believe I can find evidence of light die clashing on the reverse when in hand, and I don't see any other tell-tale signs of fakery: spikes, fat letters, shallow depressions...
I have an NGC AU-50 that doesn't have any more details than this. I don't see any signs of fakery either, but these are dangerous to buy raw. With that said, die clashes are a good sign, and I think I remember Mark Feld saying that he has not seen a fake gold dollar that also had die clashes in his years of grading at NGC.(Correct me if I'm wrong Mark).
I agree with your grade Ksparrow. The only thing I worry about are the hits on the reverse rim. Not an expert on these.
Those are nice coins, but MAN are they sure tiny! Too bad about the reverse rim nicks, they do catch my eye right away. I concur with T$, I too wouldn't mind one of this variety.
Nice and shiny. I think you should make it a pocket piece and wear it down a grade to remove the cleaning hairlines.
I kind of like the pocket piece idea, but something tells me that a thing this tiny would wind up in the washing machine for sure! Now, if I wore a vest, I could keep it in the vest pocket... does that make me a vest pocket dealer?
Only if you sell it. Some Jeans have that second inner pocket, that might be a good spot and the washing machine at this point might help. hya:
Maybe a little if they are scrubbed on it but if not gold is pretty resistant to chemicals and it would be just a bath. I guess my point was it could not get worse than it is now.
I haven't seen a counterfeit gold coin (of any denomination) with die clashing in my many non-NGC years, either.
