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Collecting coins is a pleasure to share with your family, while at the same time become the trust and collection development to pass from generation generation.

One of the first steps in collecting coins is to educate yourself so you can determine what coins you need to search, if a certain coin worth owning, if you have investment potential, and whether it is desirable because of its date or variety. Owning fine and expensive coins is high when the acquisition of specialized rarities in his collection, but anyone who has a limited budget can still form an interesting collection currency adding low-cost with historical stories to them.

Any currency can be interesting, without being expensive, of course it would be great to pay coins Rare are worth up to one million dollars each, but in all reality that not all collectors can afford such a luxury. There are many currencies have incredible stories to say that make them so exciting to property, but for the price of a few dollars to a few hundred dollars. For example, 1857 cent, 1787 large cent Connecticut – Covered bust left, 1909 Percent of VDB Lincoln cent or 1909 Indians, who all have fascinating stories included in his story.

The last year of the percent of large size, which occurred between the years 1793 and 1857 1857 has a large percent recorded his own place in the history of collecting coins. Production of these large coins was stopped because they become so many problems in the management of trade, so the Mint of the United States began to replace with a version smaller percent called Flying Eagle. During the last year of production, there were 333,456 large cents minted, so it’s possible many of them were never released and melt. The acquisition of its own large cent 1857 will offer a page of its own history.

The old coins, as percent 1787 Connecticut, have a very special historical value that the dies that were released were prepared by hand. This meant that it could only be made at a time, instead of like today, when hundreds can be produced within the facility for a single minute. Today these coins are likely to be weakly defined in all areas and general characteristics show a definite charm. Another rare coins be sure to take special historical value would be the 1909 VDB Lincoln cent. During the summer 1909, first appeared dollars. The VDB initials are engraved on the back, which was Victor David Brenner, who created the design. Apparently, the public objected to their initials on this coin, so the Mint of the United States had removed them.

Beginning with the dollar of 1878, the initial “M” appeared for the designer George T. Morgan and start again in 1892, the initial B, for the designer Charles E. Barber, appeared in all dimes, quarters and half dollars were minted by the United States Mint. Even initial Augustus Saint-Gaudens’, ASG, began to be recorded on the front of the 1907 Double Eagles, and those made after that too. The public does not object to its initial be named, but nevertheless, the 1909 VDB Lincoln had a real problem with it, what makes this coin so rare. Another edition was released in 1909 the Lincoln cent, without the initials VDB, which created a new variety in this currency.

The transition year for the cent coin was definitely 1909. In early 1859, the Indian currency was first minted, but was suspended after a relatively modest life in 1909. The coin is now the last of the Mohicans and while not high in popularity, at a time when they were definitely among the 10 most actively collected series.

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PBS Documentary – Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master of American Sculpture – The Shaw Memorial


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**1921** St. Gaudens Gold  Double Eagle, NGC MS-61


**1921** St. Gaudens Gold Double Eagle, NGC MS-61


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1930-S  ST GAUDENS MS63 PCGS


1930-S ST GAUDENS MS63 PCGS


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1920-S ST. GAUDENS  PCGS MS 63


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1924-D ST. GAUDENS  NGC MS 65


1924-D ST. GAUDENS NGC MS 65


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1908 ST. GAUDENS NGC PR 66


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**1920-S** St. Gaudens Gold  Double Eagle, PCGS AU-58 *Ex NGC*


**1920-S** St. Gaudens Gold Double Eagle, PCGS AU-58 *Ex NGC*


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1929-P Saint Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS Secure Plus MS64  ULTRA RARE


1929-P Saint Gaudens Double Eagle PCGS Secure Plus MS64 ULTRA RARE


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1907 double eagle

1907 double eagle

There are over three hundred fifty named diamonds famous for their stories.

The Cullinan, is the largest cut diamond in the world. Was found in the south Africa and was appointed to the owner of the mine. The Cullinan diamond was 3106 carats, was cut in 105 stunning diamonds. The largest was named the "Star Africa "and is 530 carats by itself. In 1907 this diamond was given to King Edward VII of England, and placed in the royal scepter. There remains, along with the other jewels Crown safely in the Tower of London.

The Cullinan II is 317.40 carats. The color is white and is the cushion-shaped diamond in the center forward of the Crown the British imperial state. Also in the Tower of London with the British Crown Jewels.

The Dary-i-Nur is 186 carats, is pink and is in the Treasury of Iran. The largest rough diamond in the world. Its name means "Sea of Light".

The Dresden Green is 41 carats, is green, and a very rare ila diamond of extraordinary quality type. Named after the city of Saxony where he had been on display for 200 years. The Dresden Green is now on display at the Museum Albertinium in Dresden.

The Hope diamond is 45.52 carats, is blue, and is in the Smithsonian Institute. According to legend, a curse was placed on the large diamond, blue after it was stolen from an idol in India. If you believe in curses or not, the diamond has a past fascinating – it was owned by King Louis XIV, stolen during the French Revolution, sold to pay gambling debts, owned and used almost daily by an American heiress, sold and used to raise money for charity, and finally donated to the Smithsonian.

The Hortensia is 20 carats, is peach and is in the Louvre. It is a jewel in the crown of France, and was owned by Louis XIV. It was named after Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, who was the daughter of the Empress Josephine, stepdaughter of Napoleon Bonaparte and the mother of Napoleon III.

The Kohinoor is 108.93 carats, white and is in the Tower of London. As with many of the diamonds more famous, not a curse of death and destruction attached to it. Its name means "Mountain of Light" and legend has it that actually comes from another Diamond also abounds in legend, called the "Great Mogul" which is said to weigh 244 carats and mysteriously disappeared in 1665. The Kohinoor was owned by the first sultan of Mogul, and passed on from generation to generation until it was given to Queen Victoria. It was recut and now rests in the crown of Queen Elizabeth.

The Orloff is 189.62 carats. Are believed to have weighed about 300 carats when discovered. For a time, merges with the Great Mogul diamond. One of the legends of the Orloff is to be established in the eye of a statue of God in the temple of Sri Ranga, and robbed by a French soldier dressed as a Hindu. It is said to have escaped by swimming a raging river during a storm. He was eventually sold to Prince Gregory Orloff. In an attempt to win back her heart, gave Catherine the Great, who collected lovers and precious gems with equal passion. She had the diamond mounted on top of the double eagle in the Imperial scepter. It is in the Russian Diamond Fund, Moscow.

The Diamond has Spoonmaker many legends associated with it. (It is assumed that received its name when the owner – said to be found sitting atop a pile of garbage – bartered a spoonmaker three wooden spoons.) Chances are it was bought by a Frenchman named Pikot, who bought it in the Maharajah of Madras in India. He took her to France, but it was stolen. The finished diamond at auction, and is offered in the notorious Casanova. It was finally bought by Napoleon's mother Letizia Ramolino, which he sold her jewelry to help her son escape from Elba. It was purchased new by an officer of Tepedelenli, and put into the treasury. When Tepedelenli was killed during a revolt, treasury all went to the Palace of Turkey and the Spoonmaker Diamond, now called the "Kasicki" is there.

The Taylor-Burton Diamond is a 69 carat pear shaped white diamond that was originally called the "Cartier Diamond" after the jeweler paid $ 1,050,000 for an auction. Richard Burton as bought the day after the auction for Elizabeth Taylor. Later renamed the Taylor-Burton diamond. Ms. Taylor wore the diamond in a public celebration for the 40th birthday party of Princess Grace of Monaco. She sold the diamond in 1978 and used the funds to build a hospital in Botswana. Diamond was later purchased by Robert Mouawad.

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MCMVII (1907) Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. High Relief. Flat


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