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Message:: [QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 14501129, member: 73489"]Since there are NO RAW 1908 No Motto Wells Fargo coins out there, that would be difficult. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> They were ALL (to my knowledge) graded by PCGS, though they were sold over 3 different time periods. It didn't pay to NOT have them all certified; the premium for the grade and the hoard story were worth it even with gold and coin prices depressed in the mid-to-late 1990's.That's part of the attraction.  If the Hoard were very small, it'd probably be out of most people's price range. In fairness, the term "Wells Fargo" has nothing to do with the origins of the coins/hoard. That is known only to the sellers and the buyer, Ron Gillio.  He's never disclosed WHERE they came from; the WF moniker is where the coins were stored when they were doing the transaction.  Most people probably think they are associated with the Old West and Wells Fargo stagecoaches. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> They could have been a military junta's stash....a general's mistress....some corrupt politicians....or just honest bank and trade settlements.   We just don't know. They totaled 80 bags of the standard 250 coin Double Eagle bag.[/QUOTE]