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1908-S 3-Piece Indian Set

Stanford Coins & Bullion is offering a 1908-S 3-Piece Indian Set PCGS MS67 for $489,000. Call for availability.

1908-S $5 Indian PCGS MS67 - SOLD!
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1908-S $5 Indian Gold Coin PCGS MS67, part of a 1908-S 3-Piece Indian Gold Set

1908-S $10 Indian PCGS MS67, Kutasi - SOLD!
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1908-S $10 Indian PCGS MS67 Kutasi, part of a 1908-S 3-Piece Indian Gold Set

1908-S $20 Saint Gaudens PCGS MS67, Eliasberg
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1908-S $20 Saint Gaudens PCGS MS67 Eliasberg, part of a 1908-S 3-Piece Indian Gold Set

Complete Carson City Mint 60-Piece Gold Collection

SOLD!

Stanford Coins & Bullion is offering a Historic, Old West, Carson City Mint 60-Piece Gold Collection

The collection includes every date of each denomination ($5 Half Eagles, $10 Eagles and $20 Double Eagles) including the $5 1870CC, $10 1870CC and $20 1870CC.

From 1870 to 1893, every coin is graded by PCGS or NGC, with the exception of the $20 1871-CC Raw-XF and the $20 1878-CC Raw VF. The average grade throughout 57 pieces is AU50+ in PCGS or NGC.

Every coin in this set looks to be undergraded based on today's grading standards. These coins are extremely PQ+++ (Premium Quality)! More amazingly, they are still housed in their original PCGS "green tag" holders and "fat" NGC slabs from over 15 years ago.

As of today, this collection would be impossible to put together in Full Mint State because several of the dates are unknown to exist!

A collection of this magnitude would take a life time to build and would be absolutely 100% impossible to rebuild in such spectacularly matching conditions and holders.

A true “Carson City” or “Curry’s Compliments”, whichever you prefer, dream collection!

Building this set took "hard work" and "clear vision" along with great patience. In addition, it stores great value which mirrors the backbone and philosophy that Stanford was founded on.

We consider this collection to be a truly rare numismatic masterpiece that one will realistically never see available on the market again. We were told we were lucky to acquire this set…I think Earl Nightingale says it best, “Luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity.”

A lifetime to build…A lifetime to own….A once in a lifetime opportunity!

P.O.R
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Please note that the $20 Liberty coins are no longer available. Only the $5 and $10 gold coins are available.

$5 Liberty Coins:
1870-CC $5 Liberty PCGS XF45 (Green Tag):

1871-CC $5 Liberty PCGS XF45 (Green Tag):

1872-CC $5 Liberty XF45 (Green Tag):

1873-CC $5 Liberty PCGS XF45 (Green Tag):

1874-CC $5 Liberty PCGS XF45 (Green Tag):

1875-CC $5 Liberty PCGS AU53 (Green Tag):

1876-CC $5 Liberty PCGS XF40 (Green Tag):

1877-CC $5 Liberty PCGS XF45 (Green Tag):

1878-CC $5 Liberty PCGS XF40 (Green Tag):

1879-CC $5 Liberty PCGS XF45 (Green Tag):

1880-CC $5 Liberty PCGS AU50 (Green Tag):

1881-CC $5 Liberty PCGS AU50 (Green Tag):

1882-CC $5 Liberty NGC MS61:

1883-CC $5 Liberty PCGS XF45 (Green Tag):

1884-CC $5 Liberty PCGS AU55 (Green Tag):

1890-CC $5 Liberty PCGS MS60 (Green Tag):

1891-CC $5 Liberty PCGS MS62 (Green Tag):

1892-CC $5 Liberty PCGS MS62 (Green Tag):

1893-CC $5 Liberty NGC MS63:

$10 Liberty Coins:

1870-CC $10 Liberty PCGS XF45 (Green Tag):

1871-CC $10 Liberty NGC XF45:

1872-CC $10 Liberty PCGS XF40 (Green Tag):

1873-CC $10 Liberty PCGS XF45 (Green Tag):

1874-CC $10 Liberty NGC AU53:

1875-CC $10 Liberty PCGS XF40 (Green Tag):

1876-CC $10 Liberty NGC XF45:

1877-CC $10 Liberty PCGS AU53 (Green Tag):

1878-CC $10 Liberty PCGS XF40 (Green Tag):

1879-CC $10 Liberty PCGS XF40 (Green Tag):

1880-CC $10 Liberty NGC AU58:

1881-CC $10 Liberty PCGS AU58 (Green Tag):

1882-CC $10 Liberty NGC AU58:

1883-CC $10 Liberty NGC AU58:

1884-CC $10 Liberty NGC MS60:

1890-CC $10 Liberty PCGS MS61 (Green Tag):

1891-CC $10 Liberty NGC MS63:

1892-CC $10 Liberty PCGS MS62 (Green Tag):

1893-CC $10 Liberty PCGS AU55 (Green Tag):

$20 Liberty Coins:

1870-CC $20 Liberty NGC VF30:

1872-CC $20 Liberty PCGS AU58 (Green Tag):

1873-CC $20 Liberty PCGS AU53 (Green Tag):

1874-CC $20 Liberty PCGS MS60 (Green Tag):

1875-CC $20 Liberty PCGS MS62 (Green Tag):

1876-CC $20 Liberty PCGS MS61 (Green Tag):

1877-CC $20 Liberty PCGS AU55 (Green Tag):

1879-CC $20 Liberty PCGS XF40 (Green Tag):

1882-CC $20 Liberty PCGS MS61, HW Bass Jr. Collection:

1883-CC $20 Liberty PCGS MS60 (Green Tag):

1884-CC $20 Liberty PCGS MS61 (Green Tag):

1885-CC $20 Liberty NGC MS61:

1889-CC $20 Liberty PCGS MS61 (Green Tag):

1890-CC $20 Liberty PCGS MS62 (Green Tag):

1891-CC $20 Liberty PCGS AU50 (Green Tag):

1892-CC $20 Liberty PCGS MS61 (Green Tag):

1893-CC $20 Liberty NGC MS61:

Stanford sponsors the Outback Champions Series

October 2007

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Stanford Coins & Bullion is offering the new 2007 1 oz. Gold American Buffalos.

1 oz. Gold American Buffalo, Raw = 1% over our cost.
1 oz. Gold American Buffalo, MS 70 = 20% over spot price.
1 oz. Gold American Buffalo, MS 69 = 10% over spot price.

Call now to lock in your order.

For a limited time only.

New Orleans Mint Gold Selections

Listed below are examples of great New Orleans Mint coins. For availability or more information on these or other New Orleans minted coins, please contact us at 1-800-627-3015.

1836 $2.50 Quarter Eagle, Script 8. NGC AU53 (#107765)
• Choice and original with nice coloration.
• An affordable piece of early gold; over 175 years old.
• Classic Head gold is currently in high demand.

1843-O $2.50 Quarter Eagle, Large Date. NGC AU58 (#107766)
• This is the second rarest quarter eagle from New Orleans.
• Population of 30 with 16 better combined.
• Jumps in value to close to $10,000 in the next grade.
• Nice attractive coin with good strike and luster.

1856-O Quarter Eagle. NGC AU55 (#107767)
• This is the third rarest New Orleans quarter eagle in high grade.
• A very rare issue which is almost impossible to find in Uncirculated.
• Lovely deep original coloration with nice surfaces and true eye appeal.
• Extremely undervalued at current levels.

1857-O $2.50 Quarter Eagle. NGC MS61 (#107768)
• All New Orleans quarter eagles are rare in Mint State.
• Fewer than two dozen exist in Uncirculated grades.
• Nice luster and strike for the date and grade.
• An affordable yet truly rare coin.

1857-O $2.50 Quarter Eagle. NGC MS64 (#107769)
• Amazing Prooflike luster.
• Tied for Finest Known for the date.
• One of probably fewer than half a dozen known New Orleans quarter eagles of any date in this grade.
• A very rare and truly important coin for the finest collection.

1808 $5.00 Half Eagle. PCGS AU58 (#107770)
• Scarce Draped Bust Left type, struck from 1807-1812.
• Choice, high end "slider" with great color and original appearance.
• This coin turns 200 years old next year.
• Early gold is very scarce and always in demand.

1845-O $5.00 Half Eagle. NGC AU58 (#107772)
• Only five or six are known in Uncirculated.
• Combined PCGS/NGC population of 27 in this grade with 11 better.
• In MS60 to MS61, this date jumps to over $10,000.
• Great appereance for the date and grade with lovely color and abundant luster.

Stanford Coins & Bullion presents 1792 Birch Half Disme(#107759)

SPECIFICATIONS:
Diameter: 17.5 millimeters
Weight: 1.35 grams
Composition: .8924 silver, .1076 copper
Edge: Diagonally reeded
Net Weight:.03873 ounce pure silver

Born of the idea that man's destiny was largely the result of his own effort and imagination, the United States of 1792 had grown to fourteen states with the addition, in 1791, of Vermont. The army, of about 5,000 men, was fighting Indians in the Northwest Territory. The nation had no navy and paid an annual tribute to the Barbary Pirates. The migration West had begun.

Due to the longstanding trade relationships with the Spanish possessions of Florida and Louisiana, Spanish silver pieces were the most common silver coins in circulation, followed by the English shillings and pence of the mother country. Because of the incompatibility of the Spanish and English monetary systems, the conduct of business, trade and everyday life was burdened with the need for intricate conversion tables. Accounts were, of necessity, kept both in English pounds and Spanish reales. Confusion was immense, and action was called for.

The need for a rational system for United States coinage received the early attention of Congress. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton all strongly favored adoption of the decimal system. They argued that the decimal system represented a clean break with the past and was the most scientific way to reconcile the differences of the Spanish and English monetary systems.

The decimal system was invented by Simon Stevin van Brugghe (1548-1620) and first published in a pamphlet, Be Thiende, in 1585. The French translation was entitled La Disme. Robert Norton's 1608 translation: Disme: The art of tenths, or, Decimall arithmeticke introduced the idea to England. It was from these European roots that the concept of tenths, or 'La Disme' anglicized later to 'dime' immigrated to America.

A Congressional resolution on July 6, 1785 adopted the dollar as the monetary unit of the United States. Subsequent resolutions spanning 1786 and 1787 specified weight, fineness and the decimal system for the relationship of each of the coins authorized. Adoption of the Constitution on September 17, 1787 reserved the right to coin money and regulate the value thereof to the Congress. This set the stage for passage of the Mint Act of April 2, 1792. This Act specified ". . .that the money of account of the United States shall be expressed in dollars or units, dismes or tenths, cents or hundredths and that all accounts in the public offices and all proceedings in the courts of the United States shall be kept and had in conformity to this regulation."

Events moved swiftly from that point. On April 14, 1792 Washington appointed David Rittenhouse of Philadelphia, the most renowned scientist in America, Director of the Mint. Henry Voight, a well known clock maker, was appointed Acting Chief Coiner on June 1. Mechanics began construction of the necessary coining apparatus and 'engines'.

On July 9, 1792 President Washington authorized proceeding with the coining of half dismes. No time was wasted, as just four days later, on July 13, 1792, Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State, recorded in his household account book: 'rec'd from the mint 1500 half dimes of the new coinage'.

New research suggests that the single pair of dies used for these coins was designed and engraved by a British medalist, William Russell Birch, rather than the Robert Birch who was associated with the Mint in those early years and previously credited with the coin's design. Birch purportedly used letter punches supplied by Jacob Bay, a Germantown, Pennsylvania maker of printing types. As the mint building was then under construction, the coining machinery was in the cellar of John Harper, a saw maker, at the corner of Cherry and 5th Streets, at which place these pieces were struck.

The obverse of the half disme portrays the head of Liberty facing left, with the date 1792 below. The motto LIB. PAR. OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY encircles the border. The reverse depicts an eagle flying left with the denomination HALF DISME in two lines, with a five pointed star in the exergue below. The legend UNI. STATES OF AMERICA frames the eagle.

On April 9, 1844 Dr. Jonas McClintock, a Treasury official, had a conversation at the Mint with Adam Eckfeldt, the retired Chief Coiner and only surviving Mint official who was actually present when the half dismes were made. Eckfeldt related that President Washington deposited $100 in bullion or specie for the purpose of coining these half dismes. Although the entire mintage of 1,500 was presented to Jefferson by Mint Director Rittenhouse, he obviously passed some on, for they were used by General Washington as presentation pieces for visiting dignitaries and VIPs. Many were given to acquaintances in Virginia, and no more were coined.

Scholor Walter Breen estimated that the majority of these coins entered circulation. About 200-250 are known today, most of them being in low grades. About 20 uncirculated examples are also included in that figure.

These coins were not fully struck up originally, so that even uncirculated examples will not show full breast or leg feathers on the eagle. The hair curls above and below Liberty's ear will also be partly flat. Adjustment marks are common and should not be considered a defect.

The 1792 half dismes are generally collected as patterns and are classified as Judd-7. Cast counterfeits are known, and these can be identified by being heavier than authorized and having vertical rather than diagonally reeded edges.

President Washington, in his fourth Annual Address to Congress, November 6, 1792, spoke of 'a small beginning in the coinage of half dismes, the want of small coins in circulation calling the first attention to them.' A small beginning perhaps, but of great national significance, as the prerogative to coin precious metals has historically been an expression of national sovereignty. A period painting by John Ward Dunsmore of New York portrays General and Mrs. Washington, Alexander Hamilton and wife, Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, Tobias Lear, Henry Voight and Adam Eckfeldt inspecting these first coins.

Because of this historic context, these diminutive pieces are among the most prized of American silver coins. As the prototype five-cent piece, the half disme was replaced in 1794 by the first regular issue half dime, the Flowing Hair type.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Breen, Walter, Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins, F.C.I. Press/Doubleday, New York, 1988. Taxay, Don, The U.S. Mint and Coinage, Arco Publishing Co., New York, 1966. Judd, J. Hewitt M.D., United States Pattern, Experimental and Trial Pieces, 7th Edition, Western Publishing Co., Racine, WI, 1982. Pollock, Andrew W. III, United States Patterns and Related Issues, Bowers & Merena Galleries, Wolfeboro, NH, 1994. Valentine, D.W., The United States Half Dimes, American Numismatic Society, New York, 1931. Stewart, Frank, History of the First United States Mint, Frank H. Stewart Electric Company, Philadelphia, 1924.

ANA Charlotte National Money Show - March 16 - 18, 2007

We will have representatives attending the ANA Charlotte National Money Show on March 16 - 18, 2007.

If there are coins that you are looking for to add to your collection or to add to your investment portfolio, please contact us with your requests. You may contact us online or call us at 1-800-627-3015.

There is no obligation. We will contact you as soon as we locate your coins.

Please indicate your service preference (PCGS, NGC), grade or grade range, and price range.