Last year of issue, and all PF70 Ultra Cameo

Adoption Central was open again last week, (actually the trading room was open) and I traded away two sets of Indians MS61, 1908 - 1929 for this set of four coins which are the last of the Roman Numeral Gold coins. (and some cash) (I still have two sets of the MS62 Indians,same dates) I guess folks who could not read the Roman Numerals got mixed up in what year they were trying to fill in, and away they went, (Roman Numerals on coins that is)

When we started the American Eagle Gold Coin program the US Mint did not use arabic numerals on coins. Instead the date was given in Roman Numerals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals) ---For a full explanation of the Roman Numerals))

It kind of goes on and on and this is about coins not the Roman Numerals.

If you would like to learn all about the Roman Numerals follow the link above.

The years of the Roman Numerals were 1986,87, 88, 89, 90 and 1991. In 1992 the dates were in normal digits.

My four new adoptees are the four coin set, $50,$25,$10,$5. Their designation is MCMXCI. All four coins have the same Roman Numerals as they are all the same year. When it gets to the $5, it is very difficult for my eyes, and a lil magnification is helpful.

In 1907, the U.S. Mint issued both high relief and ultra-high relief double eagle gold coins designed by legendary sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. These coins also had Roman numeral dates on them, which appear as MCMVII. The 1907 gold coins with Roman numerals are extremely rare.

The U.S. Mint issued a special one-year Ultra-High Relief Saint-Gaudens gold double eagle (twenty-dollar gold piece) in 2009. This coin also has the date given in Roman Numerals as MMIX. This gold coin is a tribute to the original ultra-high relief double eagles first issued in 1907. The tails sides of these coins are different than the American Eagles described above. Double eagle gold coins have the denomination spelled out as TWENTY DOLLARS.

Not sure what else to say about this new addition. (and subtraction from my collection but you gotta admit it is fluid)

In the coming months, as I am now retired, I am kind of rethinking my position with the large amount of modern coins and am thinking of trading them off for older, more rare ones. Not sure of my approach, but it may be to stick with the proofs. I am learning that proof coins get rarer as you look at them. From my investigations, I am finding that known coins are getting hard to find. Seems they go into collections and do not resurface.

Capt. Brian

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