Comments on: What Does An Original Early Gold Coin Look Like? http://www.raregoldcoins.com/market-blog/what-does-an-original-early-gold-coin-look-like Douglas Winter Numismatics Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Larry Jackson http://www.raregoldcoins.com/market-blog/what-does-an-original-early-gold-coin-look-like#comment-1004 Larry Jackson Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:27:18 +0000 http://www.raregoldcoins.com/?p=5424#comment-1004 Hi Doug, Lets have the word "orginal" put on slabs. We do it for "Full Heads" on SL Quarters, "Full Steps" Jefferson Nickels and "Bold D" for the not-so-rare 1911-D quarter eagle. I realize that this condition is not "Created" at the mint like the other examples but to me the term is important enough for me to pay much more for this state on an early American gold coin. To state of "orginal" in coins is like opening a bottle of aged wine. The older and original the coin is the better the coins is as aposed to a shiny yellow gold coin that has been cleaned. Larry Jackson Hi Doug,

Lets have the word “orginal” put on slabs. We do it for “Full Heads” on SL Quarters, “Full Steps” Jefferson Nickels and “Bold D” for the not-so-rare 1911-D quarter eagle. I realize that this condition is not “Created” at the mint like the other examples but to me the term is important enough for me to pay much more for this state on an early American gold coin. To state of “orginal” in coins is like opening a bottle of aged wine. The older and original the coin is the better the coins is as aposed to a shiny yellow gold coin that has been cleaned.

Larry Jackson

]]> By: John Conlin http://www.raregoldcoins.com/market-blog/what-does-an-original-early-gold-coin-look-like#comment-1003 John Conlin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:32:11 +0000 http://www.raregoldcoins.com/?p=5424#comment-1003 Hello Doug, Thanks for the very informative article on what an original early gold coin looks like! To me, the sublime beauty of early American gold coins (and many other things) comes from the true character that only comes with age. I guess that sadly this has been lost with so many of the early American gold coins. But I am optimistic that this blog and your example and educational info on this topic will help enlighten many of us and be at least one voice of reason that might cause a few more of the rare original old gold coins that are still untouched to remain in their original state. It doesn't surprise me that many American gold coin collectors might prefer the "bright and shiny" gold coins vs. old and original ones. American's in general want everything to be new and perfect and, and I think they are missing out on what is really, truly cool, which is usually not new and not perfect... I am still grooving on the classic head quarter eagle I was lucky enough to get from you awhile back, and appreciate more than ever it's true character and the coolness of it's patina and color variations that came about from 160+ years of natural aging. Your posts like this one to continue to help me build my own knowledge base on early gold, and what to look for regarding these topics. Keep up the good work in enlightening us on this. May you and I, and all the still original old gold coins, both age gracefully and develop true character as we go though life and all it's insanity! "The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different." -- Aldous Huxley Hello Doug,

Thanks for the very informative article on what an original early gold coin looks like! To me, the sublime beauty of early American gold coins (and many other things) comes from the true character that only comes with age. I guess that sadly this has been lost with so many of the early American gold coins. But I am optimistic that this blog and your example and educational info on this topic will help enlighten many of us and be at least one voice of reason that might cause a few more of the rare original old gold coins that are still untouched to remain in their original state. It doesn’t surprise me that many American gold coin collectors might prefer the “bright and shiny” gold coins vs. old and original ones. American’s in general want everything to be new and perfect and, and I think they are missing out on what is really, truly cool, which is usually not new and not perfect…

I am still grooving on the classic head quarter eagle I was lucky enough to get from you awhile back, and appreciate more than ever it’s true character and the coolness of it’s patina and color variations that came about from 160+ years of natural aging. Your posts like this one to continue to help me build my own knowledge base on early gold, and what to look for regarding these topics. Keep up the good work in enlightening us on this. May you and I, and all the still original old gold coins, both age gracefully and develop true character as we go though life and all it’s insanity!

“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.”
– Aldous Huxley

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