gold

PCGS 1997 gold 1 ounce American Eagle with a huge finned rim on the obverse, which extends well above the coin's surfaces from about 9 to 2 o'clock (obverse.) The finning is exceptionally high, and has great eye-appeal! Very scarce.    PCGS…

PCGS 1986 gold quarter ounce American eagle with a partial collar strike. The coin was struck only partially in the collar, and when it was struck, only received reeding on about 80% of the edge. The metal flowed upwards and out, making the coin larg…

PCGS $2.5 Indian quarter eagle with a minor curved clip at 11 o'clock. The clip is small, but the "curve" is obvious. Clips are very scarce (of any size) on U.S. gold coins. The weight was very important because of the precious metal content of the..…

PCGS 1853 gold Liberty Head Dollar with a large struck thru obverse. Likely, it was form a piece of metal or wood, based on the texture of the strike thru. Nicely positioned in front of Ms.Liberty's face, giving the coin better eye-appeal. AU58

PCGS $2 1/2 Indian quarter eagle with obverse laminations, with streaks of dark material in the laminations giving it better eye-appeal. Doubtless the dark material is slag from the production of the planchet strip. Scarce and with good eye-appeal. M…

NGC 1904 Liberty $2 1/2 Liberty quarter eagle, with a long lamination the reverse from 4 to 7 o'clock. The lamination is deep on the coin as well.   Because gold is was a high value metal, very few errors of any kind were made at the Mint...

PCGS 1857 G$1 Indian Princess head gold dollar struck 5% off-center. The coin shows a large area of planchet, and is at least 5% off. It is missing portions of the dentils on the rim, and is also missing virtually all the reeding on the edge. Major..…

PCGS 1856 gold Indian Princess dollar slanted 5 broadstruck. The coin was struck almost entirely out of collar, allowing it to expand beyond its normal size. 95% of the reeding is missing from the edge since it was struck largely out of collar...

Struck through small threads on the obverse in the 4-5 o'clock area of the obverse. 

ANACS 1927 Indian quarter eagle retained cud reverse, with a large retained cud at 6 o'clock.   A large retained cud, and fairly scarce.   MS61

NGC 1855 T-2 Indian process head gold dollar with a curved clip at K-6. Clips on gold dollars are very rare, which is because gold coins were individually examined and weighed, and so having examples with "missing metal" almost never occurred.  …

NGC 1914 Indian quarter eagle with a curved clip at 4 o'clock. The curved clip is small, as are all known gold clips on U.S. coins.   Because of the high value of the metal itself, extreme care was taken at the Mints to maintain the proper weigh…

NGC G$1 1854 Type-2 Indian Princess Small Head Broadstruck AU55  Broadstruck and therefore expanded beyond its normal diameter. The error occurred when the collar die was jammed below the surface of the reverse die, and was struck, and because t…