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Toned civil war gold half eagle

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TomB

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It looks like it might be cool. When you get it in-hand you should post images that show the coin with better lighting so we can see the toning pattern more clearly.

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nwcs

nwcs

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Actually I have it in hand. :) It's very difficult to find an angle that highlights the toning without tons of glare. But it is a nice shade of red.

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BillJones

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Yes, that's a nice looking gold coin.

 

I've thought about putting together a year set of the 1861 gold pieces. At the start of the Civil War, the Union tried to finance it was gold, but Lincoln and co. learned pretty fast that that was impossible. As a result the mintages were high for every gold coin EXCEPT the "useless" three dollar gold piece.

 

So far the only 1861 dated gold coin I have is the double eagle. That happened to be coin I purcahsed for type. Maybe some day I'll go for the others although I won't be spending the big bucks for another three dollar gold piece.

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