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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3626666, member: 56859&quot;]Some followup:</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was sold at auction today, part of a gun-heavy estate sold by an auction company specializing in such things.&nbsp; The handful of mostly raw gold coins were definitely not the big draw of this auction.&nbsp; While the non-coin lots had excellent photographs, the coin photos were only good enough to say &quot;yup, that&#039;s a double eagle, such-and-such date&quot;... they were of no use for grading purposes or authentication.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had the opportunity to examine all of the gold coins in-hand a week or two ago.&nbsp; Most were raw.&nbsp; I am not an experienced grader but have a passing knowledge of grading and with the aid of a loupe and PCGS&#039;s Photograde made a spreadsheet of my estimation of grades.&nbsp; I think several of the raw coins would get a details grade due to cleaning.&nbsp; Most had some wear.&nbsp; Only one or two seemed to be in that potential range where one grade point makes a big difference in value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway... the S-G fetched a whopping $11,000!&nbsp;&nbsp; All of the gold coins (mostly double eagles) sold for more than I think they would have if they had been sold through a dedicated coin auction house.&nbsp; Interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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