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$5 Gold Eagle Collection: 1797 $5 Small Eagle 16 Stars Obv NGC AU Details Repaired
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The 1797 16 Stars, Small Eagle is one of the major rarities in the $5 series. It is estimated that at most 25-30 specimens exist in all grades with EF-AU being typical. A few choice uncs exist but none have appeared on the market in many years.
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The 1874 CC $5 Gold Liberty is a Great Carson City Date!
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The 1874 CC $5 Gold Liberty is a Great Carson City date! With only 150 on the planet and 2 in an uncirculated condition, this date is a real rarity!
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$5 GOLD EAGLE COLLECTION: 1848 D NGC MS61
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What a beautiful coin! This 1848 $5 Gold from the Dahlonega Mint is one of only 47,465 ever minted!
The Importance of Silver and Gold Eagles and their Importance in Modern Coinage.
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Both the American Gold Eagle and American Silver Eagle coins were released in 1986, intending to be competitive bullion coins against other mints in the world. However, they ended up becoming much more than that.
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Charlotte Mint
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The Charlotte Mint was the first United States branch mint. It was located in Charlotte, North Carolina and specialized in gold coinage. Following the primary documented discovery of gold withinside the United States, the country's first gold mine became installed in North Carolina on the Reed Gold Mine. As no mints existed withinside the Charlotte area, miners needed to ship their gold dirt to Philadelphia to be melted and coined. The transportation procedure became difficult, slow, expensive, and dangerous; frustration with this device brought about the advent of personal gold coining operations withinside the Charlotte area. However, making gold into...