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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 6223520, member: 101855&quot;]The 1908 No Motto $20 gold was the first gold piece that I bought from a professional coin dealer. I made that purchase circa 1965. My first gold coin was an 1854 Type II gold dollar that I bought from my mother&#039;s cleaning lady. It was genuine, but only graded VF with a weak date. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my 1908 $20 gold which I sill have. It is in an NGC MS-64 holder. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245984[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1245985[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I would strongly urge you to stick with NGC and PCGS certified gold coins when you are a novice collector. The dangers of ending up with a counterfeit or problem coin are simply too great. </p><p><br /></p><p>There were many counterfeit American gold coins floating around the market when I bought this piece in 1965. A lot of them were made in Lebanon. They contained the right or even a little more gold than the real thing, but they were fake. To me a fake coin dated 100 years ago that was made yesterday is not fun. It takes all of the joy out it. The certified coin might cost you a little more, but to me it’s worth it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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