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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldCoinLover, post: 642632, member: 4336&quot;]Bear with me, this is a long post! Basically all the gold coins I&#039;ve ever accumulated, sold, and still have.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re probably all aware of this one, one of my favorite coins. Few different pics of it:</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/1834labelcomp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/1834qecomp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/1834qecompm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/2coins-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my other gold:</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/DSCF0020.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just a common date impulse buy I bought last year:</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/1901S5LibertyObverseBEST1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting coin, this is a persian wedding token.</p><p>These were appanretly thrown to the bridge and groom during weddings</p><p>similarly to how rice is thrown today:</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/WeddingToken1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting &#039;coin&#039;</p><p>These were actually made in vietnam during the war, and were smuggled out</p><p>in paper tube rolls and shoes. Usually made around 1930-40&#039;s</p><p>Very very thin and easy to bend, often times they were folded over to conserve size.</p><p>They are pure gold, as says on the one side &quot;OR PUR&quot; which is french for &quot;pure gold&quot;</p><p>Apparently vietnam had some old french colonies at the time</p><p>Its about a 1/4 oz</p><p>I bought it for a premium from jonathan kern at a major coin show, but I&#039;ve seen</p><p>many sell for no premium at all</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/MONEYSHOWPICKUPORPUR1-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(I paid 300 for it)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting gold bar. </p><p>I bought it at a local coin show, and it is still sealed 1 gram</p><p>pamp suisse 9999 fine gold bar. What I don&#039;t understand to this day is</p><p>why it has some copper oxidation (also known as a copper spot on coins)</p><p>on the face of the obverse. Under magnifcation looks like a small red blob.</p><p>Now on 90% gold I can see, its actually 10% copper. But with four nine gold, how?</p><p>Im&#039; not sure, I&#039;m guessing it&#039;s just some freak oxidation</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/godbar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gold french angel.</p><p>Bought this at coin gallery, tis about AU bullion coin.</p><p>Apparnetly these are considered &#039;lucky&#039; coins, hence &#039;angels&#039;.</p><p>They were made in france and saved one person from the gullotine, or so the legend says. (He had it in his pocket and apparently it somehow saved him)</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/GoldAngel1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting coin from japan called a gold nibu-kun.</p><p>They were currency in japan during the mid 1800&#039;s. I bought it from </p><p>clark smith before he stopped ignoring my emails and selling to me. (I should say he is a very reputable dealer and I must&#039;ve upset him years ago)</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/NibuKinGoldbar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I should also mention they are cast, not struck, and is an alloy of gold and silver (22% gold)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/PCGSVICTORIA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Bought this from dooly on NGC forums. He bought it in the UK, orginally he bought it as MS</p><p>but PCGS seemed it AU58. Good enough for me.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/?action=view&amp;current=20dollarLIBERTYBESTOBVERSE.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here&#039;s a common double eagle I used to have. I traded it to mark feld for my classic head.</p><p>He sold it, and to my surprise even gave me the profit he made off by selling it. I&#039;ve never seen such an honest dealer before mark feld</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/LibertyObverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>An old $10 I used to have, traded it for something else.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;infamous&#039; photo of when I did a scratch experiment on my MS sovereign.</p><p>I still have it, and it graded NET AU-55, UNC details at ANACS (old older).</p><p>I Cracked it out and still have it raw as a learning lesson.</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/MyFavSov20Paint2EJPG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My AU58 indian:</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/5IndianPCGSAU58Obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I actually bought this coin at an old place in las vegas which had a PCGS grader at the time.</p><p>I bought it raw and would never buy one raw again due to the counterfeits, but it was graded AU55 raw.</p><p>I was surprised when it came back from PCGS!</p><p><br /></p><p>Some more gold I used to have:</p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/GoldCoinCollection1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Shown is a 20 peso aztec calender coin, mexican 5 peso, mexican 2 peso, old gold ducat, gold sivereng, 5 dollar indian (raw), and gulden 10 coin</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/DucatGoldReverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A photo of the ducat, it&#039;s a problem coin, cleaned and damaged from jewerly. I sold it long ago</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/spacetimecont/GoldFanam.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Still have this one, bought it from lord M before I was banned from the PCGS forums.</p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly the worlds most smallest gold coin. They were made in india, and are called &#039;fanams&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, looks like that&#039;s everything. I got my first gold coin 1997 when I was 9 or 8.</p><p>Saved all my birthday and christmas money for it. it was an american 1/4 oz eagle, 1997 date[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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