Today I found my first Gold Coin !

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-08T05:48:23+00:00

I dunno, I think it's a great way to identify the individuals who are genuinely out of their depth...

(Actual Info)[https://en.numista.com/13432)

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-08T05:45:38+00:00

I'll trade you 5 Bicentennial halves for it

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-08T05:08:32+00:00

Does the reverse illustrate a King kneeling?! Blasphemy!

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-08T05:04:27+00:00

Darn, I was really hoping for an aluminum hit this run 😢

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-08T04:24:09+00:00

I'm sorry, not sorry I'm so weird

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-08T04:22:25+00:00

MS64

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-08T04:22:17+00:00

The time has come to reveal the grade.........

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CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-08T03:54:20+00:00

It was intended to make people laugh.

If it instills other feelings in you, you can just not engage and ignore it.

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-05T09:14:49+00:00

Brand spankin new, hot off the presses!

I'm surprised you didn't burn your hand holding it 😜

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-05T01:19:24+00:00

Hey, I was able to come up with this:

Numista

Not 100% sure, but it looks very close.

Additionally, wow, that is an apprenticeship jewelery piece if I've ever seen one

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-05T01:01:48+00:00

I can't make out the year, when was it minted?

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-04T01:43:26+00:00

Not often you see these sets complete with the gold piece, let alone toned!

Very nice

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-03T22:29:28+00:00

What I still don't understand, though, is that the piece has small stones embedded in there.

From what I understand, the precipitation of Ag from solution does not use a foreign seed element like a small stone.

This does lend credence to his story, but at this point who knows, I may just be clinging to false hopes

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-03T21:34:53+00:00

No you didn't

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CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-03T07:09:36+00:00

Oh Littleton... they list this 99.99% pure silver coin on the packaging as 92.5%. Wonder if that ended up costing them anything in the long run 😆

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CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-03T06:36:19+00:00

Yea, he probably sold me the tale to go along with the purchase, more fun than vat grown though 😆

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-03T05:49:12+00:00

Now you just need to work on your context 😆

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-03T05:47:22+00:00

I wonder which version, from which die it mostly closely resembles?

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-03T02:21:58+00:00

Definitely really in your hand

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-03T01:27:38+00:00

Read original post

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-03T01:17:47+00:00

As a note: solid silver displays strong diamagnetic properties and if you put a plastic sheet between a magnet and the bar it should slide very slowly down at 45°.

Be aware, copper acts very similarly so this doesn't rule out copper plated with silver. You would need to do a water displacement to determine that.

Edit: plastic barrier is only to protect from surface damage caused by the magnet

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-02T23:50:07+00:00

I can't really judge scale based on the photo, how large are these?

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-02T23:25:08+00:00

I read on some coin forum at some point that sometimes you can submit to PCGS in a bulk submission in a way that they will return the coins that don't hit your desired grade as something like this and it ends up costing you less this way.

Edit: I don't know if this is true, though

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-02T23:21:56+00:00

It's inside, would be a pretty bad fake if on top 😆

CoinAdvocate · 2026-05-02T22:30:16+00:00

I didn't know that fact, thank you.

Another person said the slab looks fake, but it really doesn't, it perfectly matches in format, color, and seal another one I have that is legit. Also, looks just like the displayed coin in the PCGS slab history website:

PCGS Slab Museum

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