EUREKA! I Found Some Gold! (1 Viewer)

[Leviathan]

LOOK AT ME!!!



So, I was going through some old boxes out in my garage and stumbled upon an old canvas sack. There were some antique eye glasses and an old pocketwatch inside. I'm not positive, but I think that it was some stuff that my grand father collected. So as I'm rifling through the bag, I come across a small box that was wrapped in an old, dried out rubber band. I open it up and to my surprise discover several gold coins. I found ten 2 1/2 dollar gold coins (I found that odd. $2 1/2 coins?), seven 5 dollar gold coins, and five 10 dollar gold coins. They range in date from the late 1880s to the early 1900s.

Not exactly sure what they are worth, so I'll have to do some research. Thinking about buying a Lear jet or something.

 

[General Malaise]

wow! that's a HUGE find. What sort of condition are they in? Be VERY careful handling them. I would probably go out and buy some plastic cases for them today. Post some pics.

 

[sbonomo]

That is great.....

 

[jon_mx]

I would guess you should able to pull in at least $10K for those. Could be more if they are in good condition or something special about them. There are lots of variables in their exact value.

 

[Leviathan]

wow! that's a HUGE find. What sort of condition are they in? Be VERY careful handling them. I would probably go out and buy some plastic cases for them today. Post some pics.

They are in very good condition. They are already inside of those square cardboard things that have a clear plastic round circle so you can see the coin. I'll post some pics in a few minutes.

 

[Tecumseh]

Do NOT attempt to clean, polish, or otherwise change the appearance of the coins. Don't even rub them with your fingers. As GM said, get them into cases ASAP.

You can go to the forum here: http://forum.treasurenet.com/

The people there can help you with the value.

 

[Mario Kart]

They are all fake. I collect fake coins from those days. They are called Leprechaun coins. Good coffee table pieces to have. I'll send you $75 USD tonight if you PM me your address. Thanks.

 

[Leviathan]

I would guess you should able to pull in at least $10K for those. Could be more if they are in good condition or something special about them. There are lots of variables in their exact value.

Yeah, I would imagine that the older ones would be more valuable than their weight in gold due to their age. I know absolutely nothing about coin values.

 

[Leviathan]

Do NOT attempt to clean, polish, or otherwise change the appearance of the coins. Don't even rub them with your fingers. As GM said, get them into cases ASAP.

You can go to the forum here: http://forum.treasurenet.com/

The people there can help you with the value.

Cool. Thanks for the link! Going out to take a few pics of my new found bounty.

 

[joetrow]

I've heard packing them in sand and shaking the sand filled box is the best way to care for coins. Good find!!

 

[jon_mx]

I would guess you should able to pull in at least $10K for those. Could be more if they are in good condition or something special about them. There are lots of variables in their exact value.

Yeah, I would imagine that the older ones would be more valuable than their weight in gold due to their age. I know absolutely nothing about coin values.

Older helps, but what really makes a coin valuable is how rare they are and what condition they are in. Of course being gold helps a lot too.

 

[Leviathan]

Well, crap. The battery on my digital camera is totally dead.

As soon as it's recharged, I'll take some pics and post in a half hour or so.

 

[Wooderson]

Glory Hole

 

[Senor Schmutzig]

No camera on phone?

:horrors:

 

[Foosball God]

assgoldcoin?

 

[Mario Kart]

Quick, put them in your aquarium and grow coral on them. Then, you can fake that they are from some sunken treasure boat.

 

[Native]

Anyone else calculate $110?

Edited: Good find man!

 

[KGB]

Glory Hole

GLOOOOOOOOOOORRRRYYY HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE!!!!dude, take a pic w/ your phone

 

[Leviathan]

Okay. Battery is charged up. Here is a shot of some of the $2 1/2 coins. They are a little bigger than a dime.

$2 1/2 coins

All of these are from the early 1900s.

 

[Otis]

Woah. Actually a real cool story bro.

 

[Leviathan]

Woah. Actually a real cool story bro.

Here are the $5 coins. These are all from the late 1800s.

$5 Gold Coins

These are roughly the size of a quarter.

 

[Raider Nation]

I think of this guy every time I see "EUREKA!"



Congrats!

 

[mr roboto]

How does the chocolate hold up after 100 years?

 

[Raider Nation]

Woah. Actually a real cool story bro.

Here are the $5 coins. These are all from the late 1800s.

$5 Gold Coins

These are roughly the size of a quarter.

Send them all in to Cash4Gold. You can trust those guys!

 

[Leviathan]

Here is a $10 coin.

Front of $10 Gold coin

Back of $10 Gold coin

Sorry about the blur. The auto focus on my camera sucks when you try to take closeups like these.

These coins are a little smaller than a 50 cent piece.

 

[Leviathan]

Last pic. A side by side comparison of all three.

Gold Coins

Hmmm....when I look at them like that, I have revise the size of the $2 1/2 coin. It's about the size of a nickel.

 

[Leviathan]

Woah. Actually a real cool story bro.

Here are the $5 coins. These are all from the late 1800s.

$5 Gold Coins

These are roughly the size of a quarter.

Send them all in to Cash4Gold. You can trust those guys!

Ha! No way in hell would I deal with those hucksters. I'm not even sure if I want to sell them at this point. Sure, they're probably worth 7 to 10K, but they were my grandpa's, so.....

 

[jon_mx]

Here is a $10 coin.

Front of $10 Gold coin

Back of $10 Gold coin

Sorry about the blur. The auto focus on my camera sucks when you try to take closeups like these.

These coins are a little smaller than a 50 cent piece.

Here is aneBay auction for the same coin in similar condition....a buy now $1,100. That is probably a good ballpark for that one.

 

[belljr]

I thought you just bit into a

ETA: Serious note , congrats

 

[Bogart]

There it is.....there is the wow factor!!!

 

[Raider Nation]

Woah. Actually a real cool story bro.

Here are the $5 coins. These are all from the late 1800s.

$5 Gold Coins

These are roughly the size of a quarter.

Send them all in to Cash4Gold. You can trust those guys!

Ha! No way in hell would I deal with those hucksters.

Yeah, I wasn't serious.

 

[Dr. Gobbler]

Awesome find!!

I just googled really quick and what I saw was $10 gold coins around $2300.00 a piece, A PIECE!!

There's 10 G's right there.

Boom!

 

[Sarnoff]

I found ten 2 1/2 dollar gold coins (I found that odd. $2 1/2 coins?), seven 5 dollar gold coins, and five 10 dollar gold coins. They range in date from the late 1880s to the early 1900s.

Just in the melt value of the gold, separate from any value they have to coin collectors, you're looking at about $9178 ($83.44 per 'dollar'). Getting them professionally graded for collector value may add a couple hundred dollars per coin, but I don't know how much that'll end up costing you to get done.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Okay. Battery is charged up. Here is a shot of some of the $2 1/2 coins. They are a little bigger than a dime.

$2 1/2 coins

All of these are from the early 1900s.

Your Grandpa writes like an Irishman.

 

[Das Boot]

There it is.....there is the wow factor!!!

I'm guessing Leviathan could get a date with Brandi now.

 

[Leviathan]

Awesome find!!I just googled really quick and what I saw was $10 gold coins around $2300.00 a piece, A PIECE!!There's 10 G's right there.Boom!

Holy ####### ####!!!!!

 

[Raider Nation]

Awesome find!!I just googled really quick and what I saw was $10 gold coins around $2300.00 a piece, A PIECE!!There's 10 G's right there.Boom!

Holy ####### ####!!!!!

Put it all on the Raiders this Sunday.

 

[Leviathan]

Awesome find!!I just googled really quick and what I saw was $10 gold coins around $2300.00 a piece, A PIECE!!There's 10 G's right there.Boom!

Holy ####### ####!!!!!

Put it all on the Raiders this Sunday.

Too busy doing the happy dance to gamble right now.

 

[Leviathan]

Okay. Battery is charged up. Here is a shot of some of the $2 1/2 coins. They are a little bigger than a dime.

$2 1/2 coins

All of these are from the early 1900s.

Your Grandpa writes like an Irishman.

Scottish/Welsh, buy you were damn close.

 

[Major]

There it is.....there is the wow factor!!!

I'm guessing Leviathan could get a date with Brandi now.

Yeeeeeap!

 

[Clayton Gray]

Very nice.

 

[jon_mx]

This site has some real good info on real values for the coins. I am not buying the $2300 per $10 coin. There are $10 coins worth that. Like that 1909 coin is probably about $1000 coin, but if it had a "CC" on the back, it would triple in value. Also, your coins are probably conisidered in the very fine category. They look in good shape, but they are not uncirculated which adds quite a bit of value.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Okay. Battery is charged up. Here is a shot of some of the $2 1/2 coins. They are a little bigger than a dime.

$2 1/2 coins

All of these are from the early 1900s.

Your Grandpa writes like an Irishman.

Scottish/Welsh, buy you were damn close.

 

[Leviathan]

This site has some real good info on real values for the coins. I am not buying the $2300 per $10 coin. There are $10 coins worth that. Like that 1909 coin is probably about $1000 coin, but if it had a "CC" on the back, it would triple in value. Also, your coins are probably conisidered in the very fine category. They look in good shape, but they are not uncirculated which adds quite a bit of value.

Using your link's price scale, the low end of all that I found is 10K plus change. Not too shabby.

 

[Mario Kart]

So, the coins were not loose? They were already wrapped in the sleeves? In theory they have not been touched for how long then? That is much better than finding them loose.

 

[Dr. Gobbler]

So, the coins were not loose? They were already wrapped in the sleeves? In theory they have not been touched for how long then? That is much better than finding them loose.

Yeah, do we know how coins were packaged in 1897?

 

[BRONG]

Go tell Brandi from Storage Wars, ASAP!!!!!

 

[Leviathan]

So, the coins were not loose? They were already wrapped in the sleeves? In theory they have not been touched for how long then? That is much better than finding them loose.

The coins were not loose. Yes, they were in sleeves. I do not know how long it has been since they have been touched. The price on the sleeve of one of the $10 coins is $200.00.

 

[Mario Kart]

So, the coins were not loose? They were already wrapped in the sleeves? In theory they have not been touched for how long then? That is much better than finding them loose.

The coins were not loose. Yes, they were in sleeves. I do not know how long it has been since they have been touched. The price on the sleeve of one of the $10 coins is $200.00.

I'll pay you $200 for that one.

 

[Freaky Styley]

Good find. I would research a local, reputable numismatic coin dealer in your area and get them appraised.

If you can't find anyone local I recommend contacting American Precious Metals Exchange whom I've purchased from and sold to many times and highly recommend.

If you don't need to sell right now, simply find a safe place for them and allow them to (hopefully) appreciate. If you decide to keep them at home, a quality, fireproof safe is a wise investment.

It's probably best to be discrete about their existence and whereabouts to family and friends.