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Alaska Coin Exchange Presents
Gold Coins
for your consideration:
| 1886 Gold Dollar PCI Proof-60 | |
| Description: This is about as inexpensive as Proof gold gets. This dollar has some hairlining in the fields preventing a higher grade, but it has decent eye appeal. Total mintage for the date is 6,016 pieces which consists of 5,000 business strikes and 1,016 Proofs. Large numbers were produced as apparently a fad had developed for using gold dollars in jewelry. Many pieces were impaired due to poor handling policies at the mint (they were simply thrown into a drawer for purchase at the mint) along with indifference by the purchasers who often were not coin collectors and therefore had minimal concern for condition. | |
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| 1843 Gold Quarter Eagle NGC AU-50 | |
| Description: Exactly what you would expect for the grade. Some reddish tone near the rims, often referred to as original skin on gold coins. My long time customers know that I like early US gold. | |
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| 1882 Gold Quarter Eagle SEGS Proof-60 | |
| Description: Attractive Proof gold coin with good reflectivity. The grade of 60 is accounted for by the presence of a dig near the upper of the three arrowheads under the eagle on the reverse. The mintage is 67 pieces, which means that the entire original mintage would fit in the palm of your hand. Survivors currently number in the 30 to 35 area. The 1882 date is much scarcer than the more common Proof dates produced from 1890 through the end of the Liberty head series. This is also a scarce date overall, as in addition to the 67 Proofs, there were only 4,000 business strikes produced. Now, if you want to know how good of a value this coin is, consider that even with a mintage of 67 pieces, it is only priced at about ten times the price of the most common date $2 1/2 gold piece in MS-60. | |
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| 1859 Three Dollar Gold ICG EF-45 | |
| Description: As I state in my articles, I recommend that collectors steer clear of the very common 1854, 1874, and 1878 dates of the three dollar gold series. There are lots of other dates that are substantially more scarce for about the same price. The 1859 coin here has a mintage of 15,558 pieces. | |
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| 1854-D Gold Half Eagle ANACS AU-50 Weak D | |
| Description: Sharply struck central areas with some weakness at the denticles, as is usually the case with 1854-D half eagles. The D is weak but visible. It has also been cleaned. There are about 225 to 250 survivors of this date in all grades combined, which actually makes it one of the most available of all Dahlonega half eagles. Looks better than just AU-50. As for the price, I chopped one grade off for the weak D even though that is the way it was struck by the mint, and another grade reduction for the cleaning. AU net VF-20. | |
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| 1800 Turban Head Bust Right Gold Eagle ANACS AU-50 Details | |
| Description: AU condition net EF-40 due to some rim nicks. Nicely detailed early ten dollar gold piece. Well struck. Reported mintage is a small 5,999 pieces, though the actual mintage is estimated near 10,000. The 1800 is a somewhat better date among the early turban head tens though it is priced as a common date. The 1801 and 1799 are the most readily available dates, with three to four times as many survivors today as the 1800. Next is the 1795 small eagle, about twice as available as the 1800. Then the 1797 and 1803 are just marginally more readily available than the 1800. Next in line is the 1800, followed by the rarer 1796 small eagle, 1798, and the 1804, all three of which are priced much higher than the 1800. In other words, the 1800 is the rarest early ten available at a common date price. Current Greysheet (wholesale) value for the 1800 is $13,800 in EF-40 and $18,000 in AU-50. The least expensive dates in the series are priced at a similar $13,800 in EF-40 and at a slightly lower $17,100 in AU-50. This coin is appropriately net graded to EF-40, and I can offer it at a $2500 discount to the EF-40 wholesale price. I do not get early tens in very often, so grab it while it is available. If this is your first early ten, you will be immediately struck by it's size - essentially the same size as a $20 double eagle. It sure makes Robert Scot's wonderful turban head design come to life. Enjoy! | |
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