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GoldFinger1969

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  1. GoldFinger1969
    Yeah, imagine having a time machine....going back in time...and having a coin or currency from the FUTURE. Kind of sabotage your time-travel plans if you get caught. So this $20 FRN was basically as good as a Gold Certificate.... except it probably wasn't backed by actual gold coins held as reserves at FRBs ?
  2. GoldFinger1969
    Noob, it's no different than folks with ways to win the Lottery or MegaMillions or Powerball...or Get Rich Quick schemes for real estate on TV at 3 AM.....or how you too can make 50% a year in the stock market. At some point, you just have to use common sense. If you REALLY want to win some EASY $$$$, here ya go:
  3. GoldFinger1969
    It is...it's a PMG-58.
  4. GoldFinger1969
    What would have happened if you showed up at a FRB or the Treasury with this note in the late-1920's -- would you have gotten gold bars or coins ?
  5. GoldFinger1969
    I'm usually a strong-defender of private property rights, but in this case I hope she lost her lucrative pension from the USPS. Or it is being seized to pay off the amount she stole. If she worked for them for 30 or more years, could be $50,000 per year or more. Of course, she could be one of the derelicts the USPS and the other delivery systems has hired without doing background checks the last 5 years or so.
  6. GoldFinger1969
    So NGC has a stolen-reporting system.....but PCGS does not ?
  7. GoldFinger1969
    Not too dissimilar from my story...I always seem to get into new hobbies or coins when I am out-of-work or having medical issues taken care of (when I don't have $$$)....when I DO have $$$....I don't have the time to learn new hobbies or new coins.
  8. GoldFinger1969
    Estimate is good enough....RWB did one in his book.
  9. GoldFinger1969
    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.
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    You only got into them 5 years ago ? What caused you to pursue it so late ?
  11. GoldFinger1969
    MyCollect is owned by Great Collections.
  12. GoldFinger1969
    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.
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    I intend to, been too busy of late. Heard good things about it, Jason.
  14. GoldFinger1969
    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.
  15. GoldFinger1969
    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.
  16. GoldFinger1969
    How did they come up with these "weird" ounce numbers ?
  17. GoldFinger1969
    Good stuff...thanks for posting it. I wonder if they ever thought about striking a few MCMVIII HR's EVERY year, changing the date ?
  18. GoldFinger1969
    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.
  19. GoldFinger1969
    Yes...I was referenceing actual gold production, Olympics.
  20. GoldFinger1969
    Their output is miniscule compared to those countries (and South Africa).
  21. GoldFinger1969
    Cyprus.
  22. GoldFinger1969
    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.
  23. GoldFinger1969
    Heard that some Spanish ship from 1709 might be raised soon and has $17 BILLION in treasure !!!
  24. GoldFinger1969
    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.
  25. GoldFinger1969
    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 ?