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<p>[QUOTE="ccarroll, post: 2161076, member: 34167"]Not sure if this should be here or the "What's It Worth?" forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two $5 gold coins which, I thought were described as Liberty Bust, but maybe it's Half Eagle. I don't yet have a snapshot of my own, but this is the image from an Ebay example:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/121656908629?lpid=82&chn=ps" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/121656908629?lpid=82&chn=ps" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/121656908629?lpid=82&chn=ps</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm hoping to sell one of them, even though I admit I'm having a hard time trying to find an interested buyer in New York City (which surprises me). One is 1899, and the other is 1880 but that one also has a small "cc" under the eagle. The wear is probably about the same (I'm new at this, but maybe VF?). Does the "cc" indicate anything meaningful in terms of value/price? (And if you're going to float some numbers, could you let me know if those are retail prices, or what a dealer would offer me?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for any insight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ccarroll, post: 2161076, member: 34167"]Not sure if this should be here or the "What's It Worth?" forum. I have two $5 gold coins which, I thought were described as Liberty Bust, but maybe it's Half Eagle. I don't yet have a snapshot of my own, but this is the image from an Ebay example: [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/121656908629?lpid=82&chn=ps[/url] I'm hoping to sell one of them, even though I admit I'm having a hard time trying to find an interested buyer in New York City (which surprises me). One is 1899, and the other is 1880 but that one also has a small "cc" under the eagle. The wear is probably about the same (I'm new at this, but maybe VF?). Does the "cc" indicate anything meaningful in terms of value/price? (And if you're going to float some numbers, could you let me know if those are retail prices, or what a dealer would offer me?) Thanks for any insight.[/QUOTE]
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