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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2644544, member: 15445&quot;]Yes, folks just need to be patient &amp; shop around.&nbsp; I believe that the OP should purchase something in a slab just to lower the chance of getting a fake.&nbsp; These US gold coins were purchased slabbed:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]584020[/ATTACH]</p><p>I thought that it might be worth taking the photo &amp; looking up the historical gold price at Kitco for the dates that these US gold coins were purchased.</p><p><br /></p><p>For these examples I paid the following premiums over gold spot price:</p><p>1915 2 1/2 Indian 100% premium</p><p>1881-S $5 Liberty 16.9% premium</p><p>1894 $10 Liberty 20% premium</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember, these coins were already slabbed.&nbsp; You can find even lower premiums over spot on raw coins but the OP should be careful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit to add: I would have certainly purchased the 1894 raw if it were offered for less money.&nbsp; It has some copper spots that are indicative of true US mint products and the reverse didn&#039;t match any of the known counterfeit reverses.&nbsp; However, I don&#039;t suggest that the OP purchase a raw US gold coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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