Oh my gosh what I saw today!

So today I'm in the local coin shop talking coins and killing time and in
walks a lady. She proceeds to pull out 4 gold coins that came from her
grandfather. No real big deal yet, right?

Turns out they were all dated 1849 $2.5, $5, $10 & $20 Mormon gold pieces!
All VF or better and I believe genuine.

Her grandfather passed away a few months ago and had been an active
collector for over 60 years. Since this happened here in Utah, it is not
real uncommon to have someone pull out a Mormon coin every now and then, but
to see all 4, WOW!

Wes


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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:26:16 GMT, "Wes Chormicle"
wrote:

Turns out they were all dated 1849 $2.5, $5, $10 & $20 Mormon gold pieces!
All VF or better and I believe genuine.

Hopefully the dealer urged her to get them authenticated before doing
anything with them...

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Tim Irvin, ziggy29 at mac.com

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:26:16 GMT, "Wes Chormicle" is
alleged to have written:

So today I'm in the local coin shop talking coins and killing time and in
walks a lady. She proceeds to pull out 4 gold coins that came from her
grandfather. No real big deal yet, right?

Turns out they were all dated 1849 $2.5, $5, $10 & $20 Mormon gold pieces!
All VF or better and I believe genuine.

Her grandfather passed away a few months ago and had been an active
collector for over 60 years. Since this happened here in Utah, it is not
real uncommon to have someone pull out a Mormon coin every now and then, but
to see all 4, WOW!

Wes


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Lucky bloody you. I had the pleasure of examining such at Kagin's table once,
spent almost an entire hour just looking.

Bruce (five figure price tags on each...YOW!)

I would have simply drooled. :-)

Fonty

"Wes Chormicle" wrote in message
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So today I'm in the local coin shop talking coins and killing time and in
walks a lady. She proceeds to pull out 4 gold coins that came from her
grandfather. No real big deal yet, right?

Turns out they were all dated 1849 $2.5, $5, $10 & $20 Mormon gold pieces!
All VF or better and I believe genuine.

Her grandfather passed away a few months ago and had been an active
collector for over 60 years. Since this happened here in Utah, it is not
real uncommon to have someone pull out a Mormon coin every now and then,
but
to see all 4, WOW!

Wes


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