Here's an opportunity to make some money or maybe not, ends in 3 hours, maybe someone with deep pockets can go toe to toe with the top! I got a feeling it's up over a thousand but I could be wrong as it's happened before. I bid on it but I can't go any higher as I'm operating on a budget right now! https://www.ebay.com/itm/305931777495
I nudged it up to $975 on a whim, just to test the waters, but I'm out. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a C or D mintmark hiding on one of those coins you can't see the reverse of? Long shot, yeah, but crazier things have happened. A seller who calls a Victorian item "Art Deco" might also not know anything about coins.
Yes a C or D mintmark hiding could be gravy for some lucky buyer for sure. The bid is up to $1324 right now, someone may end up with a good buy, but we'll see most bidders wait until the ending minutes when things get crazy.
Sold… for $2,211. Thanks for the late breaking heads-up, anyway. It certainly was going cheaply at the time you posted this thread.
Wonder what the odds are that the coins are genuine? I can see something like this being made in 1853 with hot-off-the-presses coins; it would explain the identical dates (and make it unlikely that any mint marks would show up on the rest).
Reasonably good, I think. OK, not 100%, but I did not see any obvious red flags, at any rate, and gold dollar and love token bracelets were a thing, back in the day.
Mostly 1853's, but I saw at least one 1850 and one 1851. And one worn to the point I couldn't make out the date. So they weren't all identical.
Guess I wasn't looking as closely as I should have. I thought that smooth one might have been an unfinished love token...?
Yep someone paid $51 over spot according to the sellers melt price of $2160, not bad, but too much money for my interest.
I also noticed that one is blank and appears to be bent. If I was the buyer I'd go straight to a jeweler for confirmation that they're really gold. I could be wrong but my impression is that a lot of these things were made with replica coins.
Yeah call me paranoid but I wouldn't trust that unless my own mother had it on a Sigma tester in front of me. From a distance the shiniest one in the middle looks awful suspect. Letters are really blocky, high relief. Details on ribbion at bottom seem missing. These usually don't have that high of a relief look to them. The seller may or may not know if they're genuine but is assuming of course.
And that is why I haven't bought (or sold) anything on that site in at least 12 years, probably 13. I simply don't trust people trying to make a quick buck and really don't have the desire to have fight / argue / waste my time simply to have something that went south get corrected, and that counts for both buying and selling. I know there are some deals to be had on there, I'm just not up for it anymore.
I believe you'll find, as I did in the era when these assemblies (i.e. actual P.M. coins) were produced, that they could be acquired for "spot or less", of significant interest to future "investors".
