United States Gold Coin Type Set. $1-$20.
This video was recorded on Sunday May 18, 2008. This is a video of me talking about and displaying United States gold coins. In the video you will see high grade specimens of gold coins from the $1 Gold Dollar to the $20 Double Eagle. The camera was not very steady in the video and I am sorry about that. It is still a very good video on US gold type coinage and I hope you enjoy it. These coins are normally housed in a Dansco album. I took them out this one time to show you all.
They are quite heavy for a coin. Nearly an ounce of gold has some nice heft and feels good in the palm of your hand. It is no doubt, real money. Not the fiat crap we use now.
are those heavy at all? gold weighs twice as muchas silver you now
you should get them graded.
very nice collection. i have many of the same coins. I would recommend getting cases for them though. And it looks like you have made quite a profit there. 800 bucks profit per oz without premium. not too shabby
Very cool collection. I am trying to get my collection of U.S. gold coins started and it is quite a challenge financially. It a interesting time line of U.S. financial history.
Gold doesn’t tone. They can grow copper spots though. This is because older US gold coins are alloyed with copper.
You are correct. I took these coins out of my collection to make the video. They are currently residing in a Dansco album. None of these coins were scratched in the making of this video.
I disagree. Right now I feel that 90% silver coins are the better buy. Specifically, Roosevelt dimes and Washington Quarters. Silver Eagles are sold at a premium because of the cost of minting and distributing them. Now the real question is whether gold and silver is a good buy now for the long term. My thoughts are that it is not a good buy at this point in time. I would stick with real estate if I had the money. I’m not an investor and this advice is from a layman.
But of course, use your own judgement and don’t take my word for anything. I’d suggest some research on the subject.
Then get either boullion coins (like the modern Eagle coins which I think the govt recently stopped producing, but you can buy elsewhere) or boullion bars, all of which are at least 99.9% pure gold.
By contrast, these expensive pieces of American history weigh somewhat less than an ounce and are only 90% gold, 10% copper -but usually cost more than modern boullion 1oz coins or bars that are 99.9% gold. The most gold-content for the least amount of money is what you want.
i want what ever is a better investment.
and wont loose me money
yeah, but the condition always brings a premium because it’s not just a boullion coin, but an antique piece of history.
Besides, the gold-content of these coins are somewhat less than the gold content of boullion coins. The condition of boullion coins don’t matter, generally, and if you only care about gold content, boullion is what you want.
but can they still be sold for there gold value if the condition became crappy?
Clip those nails.
gold doesn’t tarnish
these aren’t just plain old gold bullion clins you’re playing with. They’re worth far more than their gold content -and, weight, mint mark, and CONDITION all have a huge influence on how much each coin is worth.
you need to put these in a holder (slab them) so they don’t get tarnished and scratched. Nice collection.
very nice collection!! I have a few gold coins myself also got them in the dansco gold page and put the page in my morgan silver dollar album with slip case
so that it don’t tone
stupid camera man
well done
Oh ok, most of the time I don’t read the description, but I guess I should now. Thank you!!!!
If you read the discription, he said that they’re housed in a dansco album. He took them out just to show us all…
I squirmed whenever you turn your coins and scratch them against the board. That will leave some scratches or dents, lower the grade of the coin and damage its eye appeal. Please be careful next time when handling them. If you just consider them as merely bullion gold coins, that’s another story….
Please spare me a heart attack, and slab your coins. PLEASE!!!!!!
very nice!!!! im working on a type set now myself. but please … PLEASE …PLEASSSSSSSEEEEEE …. WEAR COTTON GLOVES OR SOMETHING! it hurts me to see those precious coins being handled with bare hands. THANKS so much … : )