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Message:: [QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 26704507, member: 42034"]I should clarify my statement about what I was looking for and also comment on [USER=101855]@johnmilton[/USER] 's Classic Head gold. My issue began around 2018 when I began looking thru Heritage's site to buy various common Liberties: basically $20's and $5's issued from 1880 to 1908.  I was looking for nice mark-free specimens in PCGS/NGC 63 & 64. Here's a $10. I bought in a Philly coin shop in 1982 @ $340.[ATTACH=full]1704469[/ATTACH] USA $10 Liberty 1889-S, bought in Philly in 1982 as "unc" Heritage & I estimated it at ms-63. I don't think it could make a 64, it has some very minor bag marks but no major scuffs anywhere and absolutely no friction or "rub" on the cheek or anywhere. So I began looking through on-line auctions for more nice Liberties starting in 2018 or so. I did find two beautiful $20's (in the 1890's) but at a dealer's table in '23 at $2,850 ea. Didn't buy them as I just spent 5 figures for a Cleopatria tetradrachm to use in my coin presentations.  - which subsequently went down nowadays.  Also I sold all my Lib 20's a long time ago but wanted some nice ones as my Aunt's family showed me a beautiful bagmark-free 1898-P she got "IN CHANGE" at her shop in the 1950's. So my comments were only for COMMON Liberties found on-line in PCGS & NGC slabs in 63 and 64 grades. I shall reply separately on your Classic Head golds which are rare and very desireable types and are not at all common.[/QUOTE]