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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26443509, member: 101855&quot;]I paid a big premium, $75, which was high retail. The reason was my parents and I were very afraid of counterfeits, which were coming from places like Lebanon. Twenty dollar gold pieces were advertised regularly in the coin magazines at the time in “BU” for $49.95. I saw a few of the coins people got for that price at the time. They were really beat up, and not attractive at all. NGC graded this one MS-64. I think normal retail back then was $60 to $65 for a nice Unc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the ‘60s, the coin investment experts said that gold coins were “a safe investment but not a good investment.” The price difference for a common date $10 or $20 gold piece in “BU” and “Choice BU” was only a couple dollars. In later years, that couple dollars would translate into hundreds or even thousands of dollars more in price if you got what you paid for. For example a “BU” $10 Liberty was priced at Stacks @$45. The “Choice BU” was $47.50. When I had it graded, one of those “Choice BU” pieces came back graded MS-65![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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