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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26707153, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><b>United States: 1911 gold Indian Head half eagle ($5.00), Reverse Struck Through mint error</b></b></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS MS62. <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/41437992" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/41437992" rel="nofollow">Cert. #41437992</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/18681" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/18681" rel="nofollow">Numista-18681</a>, Krause-Mishler-129.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 915,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-<a href="https://www.collectorscorner.com/dealer/default.aspx?dealerId=1009&pt=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.collectorscorner.com/dealer/default.aspx?dealerId=1009&pt=1" rel="nofollow">Kearney Coin Center, LLC</a>, Kearney, Nebraska, via Collectors Corner storefront, 16 March 2023. 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">This Mint State $5 Indian is pedigreed to the <a href="https://raregoldcoins.com/blog/2019/5/10/one-of-the-coolest-hoards-of-us-gold-coins-ever-seen-has-entered-the-market-and-you-probably-dont-even-know-about-it" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://raregoldcoins.com/blog/2019/5/10/one-of-the-coolest-hoards-of-us-gold-coins-ever-seen-has-entered-the-market-and-you-probably-dont-even-know-about-it" rel="nofollow">Fairmont Collection</a>, an enormous accumulation of pre-1933 United States gold coins which came to market via Stacks Bowers starting around May of 2018. They were said to have come from a European bank and had been off the market for 75-125+ years. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">That was mildly interesting to me when I later read up on it, but I also found this coin interesting because it has a mint error. There is a struck through (aka "<a href="https://sullivannumismatics.com/articles?p=rare-strike-through-error-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sullivannumismatics.com/articles?p=rare-strike-through-error-coins" rel="nofollow">strike through</a>") error on the reverse below the eagle. This was caused by some foreign object that was present on the die when the coin was struck, which created a sunken depression along the tops of the "... E • DO ..." letters in FIVE • DOLLARS. While this is relatively minor as errors go, it is the only mint error I have ever owned on a gold coin.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Initially I did not find this coin online by searching for the Fairmont pedigree, which I had never heard of previously, nor for the error, but rather by browsing listings of coins dated 1911, which was my paternal grandmother's birthyear. When there is an opportunity, I like to represent the birthyears of parents and grandparents (as well as my own) in my coin collection.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1704900[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704901[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704902[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704904[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">110000</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26707153, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B][B]United States: 1911 gold Indian Head half eagle ($5.00), Reverse Struck Through mint error[/B][/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]PCGS MS62. [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/41437992']Cert. #41437992[/URL]. [URL='https://en.numista.com/18681']Numista-18681[/URL], Krause-Mishler-129. Mintage: 915,000. Ex-[URL='https://www.collectorscorner.com/dealer/default.aspx?dealerId=1009&pt=1']Kearney Coin Center, LLC[/URL], Kearney, Nebraska, via Collectors Corner storefront, 16 March 2023. Purchased in the slab. This Mint State $5 Indian is pedigreed to the [URL='https://raregoldcoins.com/blog/2019/5/10/one-of-the-coolest-hoards-of-us-gold-coins-ever-seen-has-entered-the-market-and-you-probably-dont-even-know-about-it']Fairmont Collection[/URL], an enormous accumulation of pre-1933 United States gold coins which came to market via Stacks Bowers starting around May of 2018. They were said to have come from a European bank and had been off the market for 75-125+ years. That was mildly interesting to me when I later read up on it, but I also found this coin interesting because it has a mint error. There is a struck through (aka "[URL='https://sullivannumismatics.com/articles?p=rare-strike-through-error-coins']strike through[/URL]") error on the reverse below the eagle. This was caused by some foreign object that was present on the die when the coin was struck, which created a sunken depression along the tops of the "... E • DO ..." letters in FIVE • DOLLARS. While this is relatively minor as errors go, it is the only mint error I have ever owned on a gold coin. Initially I did not find this coin online by searching for the Fairmont pedigree, which I had never heard of previously, nor for the error, but rather by browsing listings of coins dated 1911, which was my paternal grandmother's birthyear. When there is an opportunity, I like to represent the birthyears of parents and grandparents (as well as my own) in my coin collection. [ATTACH=full]1704900[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704901[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704902[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704903[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1704904[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#ffffff] 110000[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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