1881 Gold coin money clip found

bedrock bubba · Mar 1, 2017

My best bud found this in the parking lot of a hardware store yesterday! He took it to a coin/jeweler and they paid him over $ 900 for it! being a decent guy, he notified the store of the find, to see if someone would claim it. No one did!The coin was welded to the clip on one side, so it was worthless as a coin, but the clip was gold too!

Argentium · Mar 1, 2017

Do you know what the denomination of the coin is ? (allows us to envision it in the absense of pics)

trapperart · Mar 2, 2017

Sure would like to see pics

against the wind · Mar 2, 2017

Was it an American Coin?
Maybe a Double Eagle? The weight of the Double Eagle and the Money Clip would probably bring the intrinsic value to about $1,400 to $1,500.
You have pictures ??