A tiny piece of crusty gold from today's show

[Prethen]

This little piece of gold sort of stuck out when looking at this one dealer's case. Most gold I saw was yellow, unoriginal stuff. This one caught my attention and I paid a premium for it. There seems to be a bit of luster around the rims and maybe a bit more than that on the reverse.

 

What do you think it would grade?

 

[Coindude]

I think she's a gorgeous original XF.

[Kamillion]

what color is gold supposed to be besides yellow

[Oldtrader3]

XF45 would be my quess as well. Gold can commonly have orange, pink, peach or green highlights.

[SkyMan]

Fun piece.

[physics-fan3.14]

what color is gold supposed to be besides yellow

 

There is a big difference between the bright shiny yellow gold of modern freshly minted pieces or dipped out "white gold" and a nice, original, crusty piece like this. This is the color that old gold is supposed to be. See also TomB's recent post of a Liberty, which has gorgeous original color.

[HiHoAudio]

Put me down for a nice original XF40.

[PerryHall]

Nice original VF35.

[James_OldeTowne]

I like it as EF-40, but would positively love it as VF-35. Spectacular coin, and if all circulated gold looked like that, we'd all be carrying some as pocket pieces!

[123cents]

A very attractive example. Congrats!

[michael]

superb eye appealling and original crusty coloration

 

most likely from a leather pouch

 

my grade xf-45+ and worth au50+ money because of the originality, great eye appeal and color

 

please send this to me

[Oldtrader3]

I have an 1849-O gold dollar in XF45 (NGC) which has an detailed level of strike which is extremely similar to your coin, FWIW. The obverse strike on this issue is often very soft. I believe that my dollar was graded (as yours should be) from the reverse detail of the coin and by wear, not strike. My 1949-O was graded by NGC recently and should be comparable.

[Dudley the 1st]

Nice Coin. Unfortunately, I don't believe it would grade above the VF35 as well. Thanks for sharing.

[relicsncoins]

Great look....EF40 is my guess.

[Prethen]

I'm curious to know what Mark thinks.

 

By evaluating the wear pattern on the reverse, I would see a coin with choice+ XF (and maybe even AU50) wear with plenty of luster remaining around the coin. However, the obverse looks no better than VF. But, once again the wear in the fields looks choice XF+ with decent lust remaining....at least to me.

 

I'm no expert on these small gold coins and I can be a bit off here.

 

[messydesk]

Nice. Seems to have a solid strike and a nice look with some luster. Count me in the 45 camp.

[michael]

looks like majority sayz xf if not 45+ and i agree with them

[JJSingleton]

Nice tiny Zero Mint™ dirty gold. Looks like a strong XF and it would not surprise me if it is in 50 plastic.

[coinman_23885]

I think the coin is beautiful and original; however, there is too much wear to warrant an XF45 grade in my opinion. I would grade the coin a nice VF35 .

[BillJones]

I'd grade it VF-35.