Gold coin bought at garage sale

[newnan man]

A friend stopped by yesterday and she was wearing this coin as a necklace. She said she bought it at a garage sale for $2. A beautiful gold coin which she knew is very valuable. She had it made into a necklace and wears it everywhere.

 

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[jewelerguy]

Two dollars !? Holy cow. Must have been a garage sale at an insane asylum. WOW

 

[Gare]

GREAT purchase !!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Fantastic! she made a GREAT deal!

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Two dollars !? Holy cow. Must have been a garage sale at an insane asylum. WOW

I'll speculate not insane, just didn't know it was gold. Lacking that education about coins and values. I love those people!

 

[robertk]

I'll speculate not insane, just didn't know it was gold.

Well you'd think it would have at least been priced at face value (five dollars), even if they didn't know it was gold.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Well you'd think it would have at least been priced at face value (five dollars), even if they didn't know it was gold.

They might not have known it was a coin. Nothing like that around today

 

[potsherd_creek]

Incredible. Certainly she will be looking out for the next garage sale there.

 

[pepperj]

That's a winning purchase considering the value starts at $850.
Good on her.

 

[Digger RJ]

A friend stopped by yesterday and she was wearing this coin as a necklace. She said she bought it at a garage sale for $2. A beautiful gold coin which she knew is very valuable. She had it made into a necklace and wears it everywhere.
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Score!!!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[billb]

Wow
How exciting …
Thanks for sharing

 

[glass half fool]

The saying goes THERE IS GOLD IN THEM THERE WINDOW SILLS Or something like that Anyways she got it fair NICE

 

[tahomatom]

A friend stopped by yesterday and she was wearing this coin as a necklace. She said she bought it at a garage sale for $2. A beautiful gold coin which she knew is very valuable. She had it made into a necklace and wears it everywhere.
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Just the weight would tell you it was gold.

 

[Davio88]

She should get it slabbed. Never clean it with anything just send it in to pcgs and get it slabbed. It could fall out of that necklace mounting. It could get damaged. Foolish to dangle it around like that. Gold will become much more valuable soon. That's a tremendous garage sale find but it should not be worn as a necklace. It will become damaged and value will certainly be lost over time. Also it will likely get lost. Necklaces are lost every day for many reasons or it might just fall out of the mounting.

 

[newnan man]

She should get it slabbed. Never clean it with anything just send it in to pcgs and get it slabbed. It could fall out of that necklace mounting. It could get damaged. Foolish to dangle it around like that. Gold will become much more valuable soon. That's a tremendous garage sale find but it should not be worn as a necklace. It will become damaged and value will certainly be lost over time. Also it will likely get lost. Necklaces are lost every day for many reasons or it might just fall out of the mounting.

Agree

 

[Randawg72]

Did your friend say when and where she bought it? My first thought was to go back to the garage sale house, and ask if they have any more coins or Jewelry to sell!..

 

[UnderMiner]

Even if it wasn't made of gold it still has a $5 face value, she would have still profited.

 

[coonbait]

My best garage sale find was a 4 oz $100 Franklin mint silver bar for $10

 

[oldmxrat]

That's amazing, what a find!

 

[ToddsPoint]

You’re all too quick with your congratulations. The color isn’t right in that coin. Compare the color to my real half eagle. The denticles aren’t right either. Denticles are the little dots around the rim. Look at the ribbon on the reverse with “In God We Trust”, you can’t hardly read the letters. Really bad!😝 Sorry, but I think it’s a fake half eagle.
The first thing that should be done is put it on a good digital scale. It should weigh 8.359 grams. If the weight checks out I’ll change my tune. As of now I wouldn’t count on it being real.