Martac

Once again, thanks for everyone’s input! I will get some good pictures uploaded on the edges asap:)

gmarguli - I greatly appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts! I will definitely check Great Collections out! A blanket comparison between a graded AU50 and AU Details, what general guideline/template should one have in mind regarding possible and/or probable value?

All right! I took some more pictures without having a focused light on the coin. Perhaps this clears something up.

Tack för dina ord, JKK ^^. First of all I’d like to thank you for taking your time to respond to the thread. Great pointers! At the moment I am having a dialogue with a company in Hamburg, Germany, who in turn have a relationship with Heritage auctions. From what I have been able to gather, Heritage auctions have In the past successfully hammered a number of these coins in particular. I have mentioned the past authentication to the company from Hamburg, their response assuring in that said instance is well respected. However, I’ll try to reach them myself and try my luck in confirming if such a meeting over this coin ever occurred. Thanks :). Personally, I believe that if the coin would turn out to be counterfeit, the previous owner couldn’t possibly have been aware of this. The circumstances surrounding the whole ordeal is enough to assure me that I can rule that out at least. (Obviously contradicts the whole authenticity story but yeh yeh :p) Ofc, one could never be sure, but Sweden is microscopic compared to the US and hopefully I still remember hide-and-seek since childhood haha! I will snap a few more pictures without directed light, if that perhaps could rule out the “jewelry piece” hunch you felt James_OldTowne? I mean, obviously studying it IRL can’t be compared with pictures, I know that, heh. I’ve also read about the kind of “frosty” luster these coins can/should have and feel that I could interpret that characteristic to this piece as well, if that adds to the positives, I’m unsure. But if one would put all questionable aspects (like fake, cleaned, prev. mounted etc) aside, how would you otherwise judge the quality? In comparison to some other pieces, my own gut tells me that it’s condition is promising. Well, I’m looking forward to tomorrow and what news it could bring. I appreciate the welcome! Regards, Joel

Hello there, everyone! My name is Joel, male in my 30s, from and living in Sweden. Although I’ve always been collecting things growing up, not too long ago all things numismatic suddenly caught my attention. I’ve never been a part of a community where this interest is prevalent, but recent events have made it clear to me that I should at least try to. So here I am, a newcomer to the NGC forums! Eager to learn, perhaps share my knowledge of Swedish coins and hopefully find comments and/or answers to questions I have. The matter at hand is that I just recently (yesterday) obtained an American coin from another Swedish man who allegedly purchased the coin about 10 years ago. The coin was authenticated in Germany around that same time. Said coin is a: 1856 D G$1 Dahlonega (Type I I I ) Research shows the total mintage being 1460 with an estimated number of surviving coins today ranging from 70 to 90 (ish) I have found a great deal of information online about the coin and I feel I have quite good understanding of its’ rarity and rough estimates of value following different grades of quality. However, because of the low volume of coins available, the number of sales/auctions/transactions is even lower. The majority of which reported quite some time ago. I ask you, the much more experienced and knowledgeable people, what would be your main guideline how to ascertain value with the aspect of rarity in mind (not regarding grade). Furthermore, with me and the coin being situated in Sweden, what would be your two cents of the best course of action getting the coin graded? Especially with the ongoing pandemic. I am sure I have more questions I would love to have answered, but I sincerely appreciate if anyone would share their thoughts and perhaps shed some more light over my situation. I am currently pondering the best way possible to find a new home for my little fella in the end, in case someone wondered about the end goal of it all! Enclosing two pictures as well. Not edited at all, other than cropped. Regards, (Martac) Joel from Sweden

Hello everyone! My name is Joel, from Sweden, a newly accepted member of these forums. Just yesterday I aquired this precious thing from another man of Swedish origin. Purchased about ten years ago and authenticated in Germany around the same period. Apparently and allegedly, the only piece in Europe at present time. I greatly appreciate any comments, should you feel obliged! I actually made a new thread in the newcomer’s section if you would like to discuss the coin and/or help me out with some of my questions perhaps. 1856 D G$1 (Type III) Dahlonega 1,67 grams 1460 minted and estimated >100 survived to this day! Regards, (Martac) Joel from Sweden