Best U.S. Coin Type for Beauty & Investment Potential

Very nice J.T.
I'm just a couple coins away from completing my Walker short set, and I need both the 16S and the 21D for my full set.

 

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I like the little gold USA coins. The USA 3 and 4 dollar gold. So different

 

Sounds like fun

 

The reverse adds credence

 

Well said

 

Satin

 

Those collectors might be right But. If you set those 3 coins on a table. I’d want them all

 

Here is the Buffalo Nickel cheaper alternative. This 1838-D, a very common date in Mint State, will cost you around $50 to $60 in MS-66.



The 1838-D is an interesting issue. The plans were not to make any more Buffalo Nickels because the Jefferson Nickel was on the way. The Treasury officials perceived that there might be a nickel shortage if they waited until the Jefferson coin was ready to go. Therefore they issued these 7 million coins from the Denver Mint.

 

Nothing like picking the tough stuff. The Three Dollar Gold Piece has bedeviled middle class collectors for years because the high prices. Counterfeits are a big problem too. When I was in high school, AUs were selling for $325 or so. In current dollars that was over $3 thousand.

I have never owned a four dollar gold piece. I view it as a pattern, and I have rarely collected patterns. When I was kid I noted in the Judd Pattern Book that there were four dollar coins in metals other than gold. Ah, I thought, perhaps that's a way to afford one!

First, they are quite rare. I have only been offered examples once. That was a few years ago. They were in gold plated white metal, and they were PCGS certified. The prices were $50 to $60 grand, depending upon the issue.

 

Hello Cheech,
Thanks for your response. I was fortunate to purchase a nice PCGS AU-58 3$ gold piece w/ CAC several years back for only $1313.... Afraid the 4$ Stellas prove to be only a dream.
J.T.