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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2876572, member: 10461&quot;]Sorry I don&#039;t have some lovely aureus or sestertius or tetradrachm to show off here, and have to show a &quot;boring&quot; US coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the only coin I have ever purchased in the price tier above $1,000.&nbsp; Being a family man on a low-ranking hotel clerk&#039;s salary, I&#039;m more of a two- and three-figure pricetag kind of collector, and aside from the occasional daydream, I am mostly content to stay down in that budget range.&nbsp; I really don&#039;t have any business chasing four-figure coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>It cost me $2,300, and prices have dipped a little since I bought it, so now you might say I&#039;m &quot;buried in it&quot; or &quot;upside-down in it&quot; for the time being.&nbsp; But I suppose there are worse things to be &quot;buried&quot; in.&nbsp; I&#039;m from Georgia, so a piece of rare Southern gold from the short-lived <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlonega_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlonega_Mint" rel="nofollow">Dahlonega Mint</a> was appealing.</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/united-states-gold-5-dollar-half-eagle-liberty-head-type-1842-d-small-date.286722/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/united-states-gold-5-dollar-half-eagle-liberty-head-type-1842-d-small-date.286722/">United States: gold 5-dollar half-eagle, Liberty Head type, 1842-D (small date)</a></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/united-states-gold-5-dollar-half-eagle-liberty-head-type-1842-d-small-date.5055/full?d=1482845081" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">(<a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/11588556" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/11588556" rel="nofollow">PCGS VF30,</a> CAC; population</font></font><font size="4"> 16 with 157 higher as of 10/8/2017)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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