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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1366347, member: 26030&quot;]My most recent pickup ... <b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1906 Liberty Head $2.50 Gold (PCGS MS64) </b></p><p><br /></p><p>The seller thought this spent some time in a leather pouch due to the &quot;unusual and enticing&quot; color.&nbsp; I tried color correcting the seller&#039;s photos to get the color of the coin closer to the shades of gold I found in a number of TrueView photos of old mint state American Gold Coins from the early 1900&#039;s.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not sure how close this is to the coin in hand, but will post some of my own photos when I get the coin in a few days.&nbsp; I think the color variation on this looks very interesting - especially some of the subtle coloration on Miss Liberty&#039;s hair and neck.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I still have a hard time believing that less that less than 80 years ago you could get a coin like this in change (at face value).&nbsp; Imagine going to a bank back then and getting a 40-coin roll of quarter eagles for $100, then coming home and splling out 40 mint state gold coins on your desk. That little $100 face-value roll would have a fair market value of around $40,000 today (depending on condition).&nbsp;&nbsp; When I finish my time machine, I will take orders for all CoinTalk members.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]160482.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]160483.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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