GoldFinger1969

What would have happened if you showed up at a FRB or the Treasury with this note in the late-1920's -- would you have gotten gold bars or coins ?

I'm usually a strong-defender of private property rights, but in this case I hope she lost her lucrative pension from the USPS. Or it is being seized to pay off the amount she stole. If she worked for them for 30 or more years, could be $50,000 per year or more. Of course, she could be one of the derelicts the USPS and the other delivery systems has hired without doing background checks the last 5 years or so.

So NGC has a stolen-reporting system.....but PCGS does not ?

Not too dissimilar from my story...I always seem to get into new hobbies or coins when I am out-of-work or having medical issues taken care of (when I don't have $$$)....when I DO have $$$....I don't have the time to learn new hobbies or new coins.

Estimate is good enough....RWB did one in his book.

Interesting blog and I see why some people might have interest in his blog. Never heard of the guy before. What would make his blog more interesting to more people if he had dedicated sections and repeated them daily or from time-to-time....i.e., Saints, Morgans, Franklin Halves, etc. If anybody knows anybody like that, I'm all ears. The guy who owns a Rare Coins dealership in New Hampshire (I have him bookmarked somwhere) had some good observations and insights on FUN 2024.

You only got into them 5 years ago ? What caused you to pursue it so late ?

MyCollect is owned by Great Collections.

Just curious....what are the total mint productions for Eagles and how many survived ? Just trying to get a handle on their relative size compard to Saints, where you had 72 MM struck (approx) and just under 4 MM survived to this date.

I intend to, been too busy of late. Heard good things about it, Jason.

Did he say that you could buy them at that price ? I think he said their GOLD VALUE was about 1/8th of an ounce or about $260 or a bit higher.

MM, your current photos of the coin are approximatly 400x400 which is low-resolution. If you have a smartphone it should at least quintuple those figures and give us a good Hi-Def pics.

How did they come up with these "weird" ounce numbers ?

Good stuff...thanks for posting it. I wonder if they ever thought about striking a few MCMVIII HR's EVERY year, changing the date ?

It's too bad they didn't have a 1-ounce coin like the Liberty Head or Saint. Seems that for most countries their #1 gold coin was much smaller than 1 ounce.

Yes...I was referenceing actual gold production, Olympics.

Their output is miniscule compared to those countries (and South Africa).

Cyprus.

One of those phrases I never forgot in investing: you only have to get rich ONCE. Think about it. It's so true. I would suspect that this guy SHOULD have had 1st-dibs on the best/easiest gold....probably made some $$$...but then either squandered it or invested in assets/businesses poorly.

Heard that some Spanish ship from 1709 might be raised soon and has $17 BILLION in treasure !!!

How many of the originals (non-restrikes) were minted and how many survived ? Both numbers are probably much less than for Liberty's or Saints....but this was a SMALLER gold coin used for commerce and the French seemed to use their gold much more than Americans, given their domestic upheavals from 1870-1936.

Why do I feel I am re-living the M*A*S*H sitcom, with me caught between Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John/BJ Hunnicutt vs. Frank Burns or Winchester ?

May he R.I.P....along with his 8 MCMVII UHRs !!!!

Report back....

Reading and LEARNING about the history of the coins can be as much fun as simply opening your wallet and buying. I love collecting/buying Saint Double Eagles, but they aren't cheap and I can't buy one every few weeks...or months....and sometimes years. So I spend lots of time doing lots of researching and reading on threads, forums, books, journals, etc. Not as much fun as buying, for sure, but it makes getting the next one that much more enjoyable. For sure, spend time reading forum threads here and elswhere that talk about Roman/foreign coins...and get a book or two that matches your experience level so you can learn the basics (or more advanced stuff, if you already have the basics down pat).