This coin is an "R-5" - and now I have it...

This is a coin that falls into a lot of firsts, being - my first California gold token, my first gold coin ever purchased on GC, and if the R-5 is correct, my rarest coin to date.


This was $176 with Buyer's Fee; while Greysheet for AU50 is $225, most of these California gold coins can achieve over that even with a Details grade - many a time have I been smoked like a mile-long cigar on these gold pieces on GC because of that. Every piece I've owned before this is either fake or the BG-1328 that I think may be real, but thankfully I know this one is authentic.

An R-5 is an estimate of around 46 to 60 surviving pieces. Several others, out of the hundreds of varieties, are R-5 or higher and still don't get the recognition they deserve.

What are your thoughts on this?

 

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