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Message:: [QUOTE="andrew289, post: 246457, member: 6463"]That seems to be an incredible collection. I'm working on a date set of my own but you have a far better start at it that I...lol. Type I and Type II DE run about 1,200-900 each for AU50-58 grades give or take. Type I is 1850-1865. Type II is 1866-1876. Most of the Type III series are plentiful in high grades. Most have been sitting in European vaults untouched since they were minted and the same with most of the Saints. Type II is 1877-1907 and Saints run from 1907-1928 for the average saint collector. Type II and Saints run about 700-900 for MS61-62 grades but there are some more expensive in the series.  There are several good books on DE. One by David Bowers called US Double eagles or something similar should be searchable on Amazon and ofcourse the redbook. Both books have prices but are not valid today but can give you an idea of prices. I use ebay as a gauge for current trends in pricing. DE are very plentiful on Ebay. There are also three independent books one each on type I, II and III DE that might be out of print but used ones can be found on Amazon also. Personally, I buy very little raw gold (raw as in not graded by NGC or PCGS) I've been burned by fakes to often to trust anyone selling raw these days. You might think about looking them over and picking some of the cleaner ones to have graded. By all means don't send off the entire lot ...lol.  I think the value will be in individual coins but not having a look at them it's tough to tell. Personally, I'm working on a MS set for type 3 and Saints and an AU-58 set of type I and II. If your grades are all over the spectrum, I cant see much interest in the lot as a collection but thats just my presonal preference.  Running some rough guestimates, you might have yourself a $75,000.00 and up collection on your hands.[/QUOTE]

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