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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 6416247, member: 31286&quot;]This is and was an interesting thread.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad to see it rekindled.&nbsp; Watching the major dealers over the last couple of years I noticed that a lot of liberty head double eagles of all sorts have been brought to the US for sale as collectors items - much more recently than in the 10 or 15 years before that.&nbsp; Not exactly hoards, maybe more like the people who knew they were there just decided it was a good time to cash them in.&nbsp; The good news is that many of them have a similar look - kind of dark scuffs and maybe bits of debris - like dust and pieces of fabric - not like the patina that comes from circulation and then someone maybe setting it aside in a collection or just an interesting piece to hang onto - possibly avoiding the big melt.&nbsp; Personally, I don&#039;t find it an appealing look.&nbsp; I much prefer a piece that has what I would call honest wear and has all of the varied history locked inside it.&nbsp; I have some really pretty VF35 to 40 or ever 45 graded gold that is just lovely.&nbsp;&nbsp; haha - maybe that&#039;s just me.&nbsp; But then I like to take pictures of birds that aren&#039;t gathering around bird feeders - ....&nbsp; so maybe in my own crazy way I&#039;m consistent.&nbsp; There&#039;s something lovely about things in the wild - birds, coins, pocket knives.&nbsp; Wild critters and stuff that people used.&nbsp; Not the same as objects from vaults or wild things in cages or coming to feeders.&nbsp; Not bad, just different.&nbsp;&nbsp; (crazy guy somewhere in rural New England)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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