Something I very rarely do...

[Cladiator]

Is buy gold, but this one was calling my name and wouldn't shut up until I got it home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ps. The spots were on the holder

[jtryka]

Very pretty!!!

[TomB]

It looks really pretty and you can see some faint die clashing on the reverse.

[Dwaine]

Nice pickup.

[bsshog40]

Very pretty gold there Clad!!

[James_OldeTowne]

Very nice, and I like the strike as well!

[Cladiator]

...and I like the strike as well!

That was actually what made me pull the trigger on it. So many of these have the nastiest reverse strike. Sometimes with letters of DOLLAR and/or numerals in the date completely missing or super faint. It looked very nice but when the strike stood out it was sold.

[IGWT]

Very nice. You must have felt a hankerin' for something to make your baby busties look bigger.

[jesbroken]

Beautiful color, Clad. Nice buy.

[Paratrooper]

I thought the title meant that tonight you were going to "spank" it to Clay Aiken. My bad.

[Quizno-migration]

That's a very nice gold dollar. I'd imagine it must be very tough to photograph such a tiny coin.

[bsshog40]

[SkyMan]

That's a really attractive coin. Since strike has already been mentioned, nice luster and color.

[MAULEMALL]

I thought the title meant that tonight you were going to "spank" it to Clay Aiken. My bad.

[RUSS BEGA]

love it!

[Cladiator]

I'd imagine it must be very tough to photograph such a tiny coin.

It definitely wasn't easy. I'm used to photographing 15mm half dimes so I didn't think it would pose a big difficulty...I was wrong

[rbrown4]

Nice looking Gold Dollar. Great Look.

 

Rey

[TJ'S Coins]

It would definitely be a hard coin to pass up!

[michael]

[construct]

As has been noted, the strike is very good. Even the "8" shows up well. There's some roughness at 11-12 o'clock obverse and a hit at the crown of Liberty's head. What'll we call it, guys? 63? That's my guess.

[PerryHall]

This type (and this date especially) has been very heavily counterfeited. Have you had this coin authenticated? Your coin appears genuine from your pic but the quality of many of the US gold counterfeits is simply amazing and they need to be authenticated using a stereo microscope.

[texasrichard]

Clad - Nice coin.

 

Here's mine for comparison. Mine slabbed AU58. Yours looks much nicer.

 

[Conder101]

Does the type I dollar normally have problems with the date and DOLLAR striking up? I known there is a big problem with it on the Type II coins because of the thinner planchet and high relief head (corrected on the Type III by making the head broader and lower in relief), but I thought the thicker type I planchet allowed for sufficient metal flow to allow for fairly decent reverse detail.

[construct]

Does the type I dollar normally have problems with the date and DOLLAR striking up? I known there is a big problem with it on the Type II coins because of the thinner planchet and high relief head (corrected on the Type III by making the head broader and lower in relief), but I thought the thicker type I planchet allowed for sufficient metal flow to allow for fairly decent reverse detail.

 

All of that is true. The Type IIs are a lot worse about weaker strike. But you still see the other types with weak 8s with some regularity.

[Cladiator]

The letters in DOLLAR and each numeral in the date are regularly weakly struck in the type 1's but I don't know why.

 

Here's a pic of the coin showing the plastic part