To Slab or Not To Slab

A recent thread mentioned that there are numerous fakes and forgeries of double eagles. I have half a dozen and would like your opinion: Should I go through the expense of having them slabbed by one of the big three?

 

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Are you able to get some photos ?
I would post them here first before spending the money.

 

Plus if you are into them only for gold value, then there is not much worry

 

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Here's my thought. I don't sell coins and expect my wife, kids and grandkids will have to sort it out once I leave this party. I inventoried all my pieces I felt had a value of $300.00 or more and had them slabbed simply so they could liquidate them easier. I do not see anything about your double eagles that raise my eyebrow. And late 19th century gold is my favorite..... It sounds like you just want to quell a growing concern in the pit of your gut. And I bet you could put that concern aside just carrying them to a dealer of some merit and allow him give them a once over.

 

@Insider is the man, when it comes to counterfeit detection. Im sure its much harder to do online, but if hes not too busy.....

 

I'm with you, Randy. Why sell if you don't need the money -- but consideration of heirs is important and something to consider.

 

I would. Classic gold basically all needs to be slabbed at this point and it’s just gonna get worse as time goes on.

 

But these coins are worth melt, genuine or not. It seems to be a waste of money to get them slabbed. Take them to a coin shop and test them to see if they are 90% gold.

 

They look OK. They are only going to be bought around melt as they are nothing special. Right now, $20 much nicer than yours are SELLING a little over melt already slabbed! Put a note with the coins that each one has .96 ounces of pure gold. They can figure the "melt value" of each coin based on the spot price. Then try to get as much over that as they can. The best time to sell is when you don't need to sell.

 

That is good advice and I may do just that. But first I want to check the cost involved with slabbing. I have other coins in the collection that should probably be authenticated so possibly there is a quantity discount.
Thanks to everyone for your advice and thoughts.

 

@C-B-D

 

They look genuine to me. All nice circulated double eagles. Gold is a little more expensive to slab with grading companies like PCGS, since they don't allow you to use economy. You could always do the current ANACS 7 coins for $77 deal... unless that doesn't work for gold. Contact them and see. Sinking another $100 into these is no big deal to have peace of mind.

 

If I did that my collection would be nonexistent.

 

I have a couple coins I was thinking of sending to ANACS. We can contact them and do a combined order maybe. Message me if you want.

Edit: looks like their website says $500 max value per coin. But sometimes if you call they can make an exception. Not sure about big gold though...

 

Don’t waste money on ANACS. The 15 dollar 5 day ICG special is a lot better. Yes it costs a touch more but you get them back in a week and it’s a much much better holder

 

They’re worth melt provided they aren’t gold-plated brass, which a lot of the counterfeit garbage is. I know you know that, but I wanted to point out the obvious for the newcomers.