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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26682502, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>United States: 1899-S gold Liberty Head double eagle ($20.00), With Motto</b></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">NGC MS63.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/111214-002/63/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/111214-002/63/" rel="nofollow">Cert. #111214-002</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/23125" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/23125" rel="nofollow">Numista-23125</a>, Krause-Mishler-74.3.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 2,010,300.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-B&amp;R Coins &amp; Currency, at <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2026-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.420707/page-6#post-26632519" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2026-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.420707/page-6#post-26632519">Table 722</a> at the 2026 Florida United Numismatists (FUN) show, Orlando, Florida, 10 January 2026.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This is a common-date $20 Liberty, but I don&#039;t mind that.&nbsp; I did want a date from the 1800s for my type coin, and not the oh-so-common 1904.&nbsp; This coin upgrades a <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/41256221" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/41256221" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS62</a> of the same date that I had previously.&nbsp; The previous coin was rather generic and I thought this MS63 had superior eye appeal.&nbsp; The upgrade only cost me $75 after the trade-in of my old coin.&nbsp; Then I spent another $10 to have John Baumgart, (aka [USER=1765]@messydesk[/USER]) photograph this one <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2026-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.420707/page-6#post-26632596" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-2026-fun-show-report-live-updates-from-the-floor.420707/page-6#post-26632596">at the show</a>, since it lacks photos on the cert page.&nbsp; It helped that it is in an older NGC holder without those white prongs that interfere so much with photography.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">So if you count my original investment of $2,200 that I had paid for the old coin in 2022 (before gold prices more than doubled), I have a total of $2,285 invested this coin.&nbsp; Which isn&#039;t bad, considering the dealer at the 2026 FUN show had it priced at $4,400 and the NGC priceguide value as of this typing (February 2026) is $4,950.&nbsp; I could not have afforded to purchase this coin outright, without the trade-in.&nbsp; I&#039;m happy with the upgrade.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1702557[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1702558[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1702559[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1702560[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1702561[/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">228500</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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