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<p>[QUOTE="tcore, post: 127589, member: 2949"]Tom - Welcome to the Forum!</p><p> </p><p>US gold coins are great items to collect. I would suggest looking at some of the auction sites. I prefer Teletrade.com. There's also Heritage and several others. Teletrade holds auctions three times per week or so. You can go there and look at the $2.5 or $5 Indian gold pieces and watch their prices for a bit. Also, get yourself a copy of the Redbook and check it out. It's got tons of good information in it. Once you feel comfortable enough to think you know about what to pay for a certain coin, bid on it and have fun!</p><p> </p><p>Oh, and you won't get the St. Gaudens $20 for $300. You can probably get an AU graded example of a $2.5 or $5 Indian for around $300, give or take a bit, or maybe a low MS example (60, 61). A common date $2.5 Indian in AU58 or so should definitely be less than $300 (low to mid $200's I would think). I would suggest buying a graded and slabbed coin (by NGC, PCGS, ANACS, or ICG) for your first purchases as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tcore, post: 127589, member: 2949"]Tom - Welcome to the Forum! US gold coins are great items to collect. I would suggest looking at some of the auction sites. I prefer Teletrade.com. There's also Heritage and several others. Teletrade holds auctions three times per week or so. You can go there and look at the $2.5 or $5 Indian gold pieces and watch their prices for a bit. Also, get yourself a copy of the Redbook and check it out. It's got tons of good information in it. Once you feel comfortable enough to think you know about what to pay for a certain coin, bid on it and have fun! Oh, and you won't get the St. Gaudens $20 for $300. You can probably get an AU graded example of a $2.5 or $5 Indian for around $300, give or take a bit, or maybe a low MS example (60, 61). A common date $2.5 Indian in AU58 or so should definitely be less than $300 (low to mid $200's I would think). I would suggest buying a graded and slabbed coin (by NGC, PCGS, ANACS, or ICG) for your first purchases as well.[/QUOTE]
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