Modern Gold Commemoratives Worth Buying This Year!
ARE YOU A COLLECTOR of U.S. commemorative coins? I’m currently working on a 50-coin type set of the early or classic commemoratives, the ones dating from 1892 through 1954. Although I lack only three coins, these have proven singularly difficult to find in the grades I’m interested in and with the look that I like (mostly untoned).
It would be much easier to find the modern issues, those minted beginning in 1982, in the grades that would appeal to me. In fact, some of the modern gold issues may be well worth purchasing, and that’s what I’m going to cover in this article: modern gold commemoratives worth pursuing.
Among the classic commemoratives, gold coins were few and far between. There were gold dollars for the 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the 1904-1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, then both a gold dollar and a quarter eagle ($2.50 gold piece) for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. In addition to the Pan-Pac dollar and quarter eagles, two humongous $50 gold pieces were struck, both with minuscule mintages and monstrous prices today. I think the designs are splendid, but the values for the two are way beyond my pay grade, as the saying goes.
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