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<p>[QUOTE="StephenS, post: 145482, member: 4599"]I got interested in gold coins a couple of years ago, since I finally was able to afford to purchase some. The very first gold coin that I purchased was a nice quarter eagle on ebay. I was extremely disappointed when I received it because I had no idea of just how small they are. Everytime I had seen pictures of gold coins, they seemed to be of moderate to large size. Quarter eagles are about 1 millimeter bigger than a dime.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've since bought all different size bullions (Pandas, Kruggerrands, American Eagles), along with some spanish gold doubloons, and other denominations of american circulated gold, such as half eagles and $10 eagles.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I have ended up being satisfied with are the half eagles. They are large enough to appreciate and yet they are not too expensive to where I have to save for forever to get a different one. I've ended up selling most of my bullion and getting half eagles instead. I've got one classic head, several type 2 liberties, and one indian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="StephenS, post: 145482, member: 4599"]I got interested in gold coins a couple of years ago, since I finally was able to afford to purchase some. The very first gold coin that I purchased was a nice quarter eagle on ebay. I was extremely disappointed when I received it because I had no idea of just how small they are. Everytime I had seen pictures of gold coins, they seemed to be of moderate to large size. Quarter eagles are about 1 millimeter bigger than a dime. I've since bought all different size bullions (Pandas, Kruggerrands, American Eagles), along with some spanish gold doubloons, and other denominations of american circulated gold, such as half eagles and $10 eagles. What I have ended up being satisfied with are the half eagles. They are large enough to appreciate and yet they are not too expensive to where I have to save for forever to get a different one. I've ended up selling most of my bullion and getting half eagles instead. I've got one classic head, several type 2 liberties, and one indian.[/QUOTE]
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