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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 4717327, member: 42034"]A retired friend of mine recently completed a 4 piece early type set of half eagles ranging from 1806 to ~1834. He left off the small eagle reverse $5 as in any other than damaged condition it's quite expensive. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also as you know during this time a lot of gold was used by the US to pay tribute to pirates in North Africa. I wonder if any the early "Turban Head" {as I think they used to be called?} gold ended up being sent thus and melted? I don't recall any of the Turban Head gold being repatriated from Tunesia in modern times so possibly not. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm kinda interested in linking the history and the coinage; hence my predilection with the history of the times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 4717327, member: 42034"]A retired friend of mine recently completed a 4 piece early type set of half eagles ranging from 1806 to ~1834. He left off the small eagle reverse $5 as in any other than damaged condition it's quite expensive. Also as you know during this time a lot of gold was used by the US to pay tribute to pirates in North Africa. I wonder if any the early "Turban Head" {as I think they used to be called?} gold ended up being sent thus and melted? I don't recall any of the Turban Head gold being repatriated from Tunesia in modern times so possibly not. I'm kinda interested in linking the history and the coinage; hence my predilection with the history of the times.[/QUOTE]
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