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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26667263, member: 10461&quot;]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">United States: 1834 gold Classic Head quarter eagle ($2.50)</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS XF40.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/39396094" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/39396094" rel="nofollow">Cert. #39396094</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/55092" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/55092" rel="nofollow">Numista-55092</a>, Krause-Mishler-56.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 112,234.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Michael Swoveland, dba <a href="https://www.wnccoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wnccoins.com/" rel="nofollow">WNC Coins, LLC</a>, Asheville, NC, 27 April 2021.&nbsp; Purchased in the slab.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I&#039;ve always liked Classic Head gold, mostly because the quarter-eagles and half-eagles of this type are the earliest US gold coins I&#039;ve ever been able to afford.&nbsp; Before 1834, United States gold coins get prohibitively expensive for the average working class collector!&nbsp; At the time of this writing (January 2026), this coin has more than doubled in value over the price I paid for it.&nbsp; The steep rise of gold prices no doubt had plenty to do with that, but there&#039;s some numismatic premium here as well.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This is only the second Classic Head quarter-eagle I&#039;ve owned, and the previous example was <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FThe%2520Holey%2520Gold%2520Hat%2FHGH-USA-Gold-250-1834.jpg&amp;hash=6faf72dafdb32a28c8e4fab1fba83026" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FThe%2520Holey%2520Gold%2520Hat%2FHGH-USA-Gold-250-1834.jpg&amp;hash=6faf72dafdb32a28c8e4fab1fba83026">a holed piece</a>, which I wore on my formerly-famous &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">Holey Gold Hat</a>&quot;.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I&#039;m not delighted with the darkish PCGS TrueView images, but they were shot after certification, through the slab plastic, as were all of the photos below.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1701444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701445[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701446[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701447[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1701448[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">060000</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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