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looks like something one would see on antiques roadshow! cool.

way cool bro.looks nice and old. any stamps or hallmarks??

Stunning deco ring Chris...top draw stuff.

Ok was out with chrispy today to the grones...Didnt find much othere than alot of 1 and 2 cent pieces and a few bucks spendy...then just befor we were going to leave i found this coin...
I got very excited about it because i thought it was the oldest coin i had found with a date on it of 1809 -1817...and when i turned it over it said $1 united states of america...with statue of liberty on it..i thought that was odd but the date was right there infront of me....Then chrispy walks over and when i showed it to him he says " did you read the rim".....well bugger me it says In God We Trust 2007 D.....LMAO talk about bursting your bubble...hahahaha

But on the up side acording to this link they were only making these for a few weeks then selling them for a short time.. so they may become colectables..

Here is the Important note from the site: James Madison is the fourth of our presidents to be honored on this new dollar series from the United States Mint. Each Presidential Dollar will only be minted for a few weeks, then be available for a short period thereafter, before the next one in the series is released and the previous one is discontinued.

Important Note! Each Presidential Dollar will be minted for a very limited time and will be made available for only about 13 weeks during its year of issue. This limited window of opportunity seems almost intentionally designed to make them difficult to collect

here is the link http://www.talismancoins.com/servlet/Detail?no=421

Edited by user Sunday, 18 November 2012 9:34:14 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Chris, the link I posted above appears to have been broken by the forum software. You'll need to cut and paste the whole line into the browser bar to see the correct page on wikipedia.

As you can see from that page 172,340,000 of those coins were produced and most would have been put into circulation. The price on that website would be for uncirculated coins still in their cardboard rolls.

You will also see on that page that the numbers of coins produced dropped off sharply as the USG discovered that people there STILL don't like using $1 coins and continue to prefer tatty bank notes - probably all circulating regularly through strip clubs. :) So the coins of the later presidents will be worth more.

Edited by user Sunday, 18 November 2012 11:02:39 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

farrrrk yeah you and silver rings bro!! Me finally got out today too after not doing too much...3rd hole was a stirling bracelet so stoked about that...then found a victorian brooch later on :)

Hows the gold going is there some left for me to come down and sluice and pan away whilst sucking on a few cold beers?

Well, given that you find sovereigns with a dredge, I'm tempted to come along to watch you pull a 2oz nugget out of hagley.

But I'm moving house so won't be able to. :(

hey good goin pb and good to see a new post!

Just moving locally. Landlord sold the house. :(

Major bummer. I've filled a 20ft storage container with stuff out of the garage and it still looks full. :(

andrew after visiting your garage once or twice i can beleave that..hahaha