1889 US Gold 2.5 QUARTER EAGLE - CORONET

[Dandy the Shriner Clown]

Hello gentlemen this is my first post here, been really thinking about it, don’t want to look like a clown right? I collect mainly to morgans & Piece Dollars but I got this at a little action house in Rosebud, TX paid 300.00. I been trying to grade it and came up with a ms-63, I can’t seem to find if they have any "vams", I am cherry picking my little hoard to do my first try at getting coins graded, never done it. I got 70 morgans now I just have to choice which ones to send. Do any Yall think it would be worth having this gold quarter eagle graded?

 

Thanks you friend

Dandy

Keep clowning around

 

[zboyle04]

i am no gold expert, but i would guess 63-64 and worth sending in

[Coindude]

I'm wondering if that rub is "drawer" rub, or just rub. I'm still debating.

[James_OldeTowne]

Welcome to our friendly little neighborhood!

 

IF it is genuine, then I would guess MS-63, well worth the cost of certification.

[Dandy the Shriner Clown]

i was compering the pic to the coin and the edges look better than they do in the pics. i used a usb mircoscope to take the pic. (veho discovery vhs 004 deluxe)

 

[michael]

photos for me; are always are hard to interpret (in hand sight seen is usually better for me) and i am usually incorrect

 

but at first glance the color and surfaces are off based on the photos

 

i think the coin is no good

 

i hope i am totally wrong and it is a genuine philly mint product

[Dandy the Shriner Clown]

I dbl checked and coin is not attracted to magnet, weight is 4.20gram and dia. is 17.77mm. About the color the color did come out different in pics using the usb microscope, just can’t get color right with it. Setup with Nikon coolpic digital camera, on tripod now seems to work much better

[noow]

MS63, has a little rub.

 

 

 

 

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[Dandy the Shriner Clown]

This is the result of my first submissions ever for grading.

OW! Dang that hurts, worse than stubing your toe in the dark

 

 

1889 $2.5 NOT GENUINE

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

This is the result of my first submissions ever for grading.

OW! Dang that hurts, worse than stubing your toe in the dark

 

 

1889 $2.5 NOT GENUINE

 

Hope you can get your money back.

[BillJones]

I don't have an 1889 quarter eagle, but here is a very high grade (MS-67) example you can use to compare the details with your piece. You will note that your piece shows weakness or a lack of definition on the highest points of the design. This is often the case when a counterfeiters uses copy dies. Your piece is not crisp and clear, and given that it is "mint state" it should be.

 

[James_OldeTowne]

This is the result of my first submissions ever for grading.

OW! Dang that hurts, worse than stubing your toe in the dark

 

1889 $2.5 NOT GENUINE

Yep, it doesn't surprise me, which is why I mentioned this in my initial response above!

 

If you cannot return the coin for your money back, I would love to buy it from you for my reference set. It's probably made of gold, so I'd pay you the bullion value for it.

 

Thanks.

[noow]

photos for me; are always are hard to interpret (in hand sight seen is usually better for me) and i am usually incorrect

 

but at first glance the color and surfaces are off based on the photos

 

i think the coin is no good

 

i hope i am totally wrong and it is a genuine philly mint product

Nice observations

[jtryka]

the biggest clue was the weight, it should only be 4.18 grams, and almost never over, they were quite particular about those things back then!

[Dandy the Shriner Clown]

on that gold coin i sent it to pcgs with some others and it came back Uncertain authenticity. i belive the deals going to give my money back put had to prove it

 

but had a 1925-D 2.5 Iindian head quarter eagle come back as a ms-62

 

Dandy