Theres GOLD in them thar coin counter!! UPDATED PICS!!!!!

[MIhunter]

There's GOLD in them thar coin counter!! UPDATED PICS!!!!!

Sorry for the lousy pic, I used my phone

Walked into my credit union to dump $500 in dimes using the coin counter in lobby.

Started dumping, checked the reject tray, Whoa!!!!! I can't believe my eyes!!!!

It is the size of a dime, but heavier. I look closely, it has all the right markings of a

1909 US 2.5 dollar gold coin (quarter eagle)!!!!!!!

I took it home, weighed it, measured its diameter, and compared it to the picture and description in the Red Book. Everything matched exactly.

4.18 gm of 90% Gold!!

Bullion value is $207 today, the pic is lousy but I believe the grade is VG to Fine.

Maybe I should retire from CRHing, I'll never equal this one.

 

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[ImpurestStewart]

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Holy hell another gold coin!!! Man that is AWESOME

 

[BuffaloBoy]

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WOW way to go!!! nice gold coin!!!

 

[AGBlex]

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WOOOOOOOOOT! nice score

 

[kennedyfan]

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That is astonishing. Maybe I'll find something like that someday. Yeah, right.

 

[TooManyHobbies]

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And that's the best picture you could give us Congrats.

 

[old digger]

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WOW! Now aren't you lucky.

 

[rocky raccoon]

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everybody shake a leg

 

[Generic_Lad]

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Wow. 3 $200+ coins found within a week! Amazing score!

 

[palidin20603]

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Is there any value above melt?

 

[Generic_Lad]

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Is there any value above melt?

Yes, such coins generally sell for $230-250 on eBay.

All US gold has absurd premiums on it, though less so now that gold is going higher.

APMEX sells cleaned examples for $275, while extra fine examples start at $330.

 

[Captaindoodle]

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Wow...great find!

HH,
CD

 

[Mike from MI]

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YEEEE HAAAAA!!!!! That is awesome!!!

 

[fistfulladirt]

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Congrats! Now I have gold fever!

 

[namster]

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LOL. I wonder how that ended up in someones coin jar. Lucky for us the world is chalk full of morons.

 

[bblair]

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That is awesome! Congrats!

 

[TakeDownTick50]

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This coin looks like gold, is really old and looks American. Checks denomination, "Hmmm... a Quarter Eagle, what a quarter is 25 cents not $2.50. This must be some fake coin passing as a quarter" Throws it back in reject tray. Seriously though, congrats!

 

[TxTim]

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Are you kidding
Holy Moly!
Congrats!

 

[lostcauses]

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get a better photo The odds of this method of finding gold is higher than Metal detecting. Hey I believe a better photo would get some banner votes.
What a find.

 

[sshafer11]

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Yes please get a high resolution photo of that up.