Saddle Ridge Gold Coin Hoard up For Sale @ Amazon!
If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on the Saddle Ridge treasure accidentally dug up by that Cali couple walking their dog, now’s your chance :) They’re officially up for sale at Amazon.com, and they’re all a pretty penny! Errr… gold piece?
I did a search from the cheapest one, and looks like these golden bad boys start at $3,150.00. For a 1879 Liberty Head, With Motto Above Eagle Type-III $20 PCGS XF40. Ouch. I mean, def. a fascinating coin in itself, even without the added fame of the find, but still – that’s a lot of money. And of course makes me want one even MORE now ;)
(I was actually pretty excited when I found out they would be sold on Amazon so I could use up some of my store credit ($300+), but looks like I’m an extra “0” shy of what’s needed – poop)
The funniest part about being on Amazon, though, is this:
$2.7 MILLION through Amazon! You don’t see that every day!
And, actually, I lied…
The FUNNIEST part here is the comments:
So. If you’ve got $2.7 Million laying around, you can seize this golden opportunity here! Quite literally!
In all honesty though, these are pretty damn good looking. Anyone would be fortunate to own a single coin here, hoard-related or not. And if you’re a gold coin collector the range of these $20 Liberty Heads offered are pretty incredible: XF40 to MS64+, with dates ranging from 1860-1899. All with mottoes above the eagle (“In God We Trust”).
Every purchase also apparently comes with the following:
- A One Year Virtual Membership in the ANA Courtesy of Kagin’s
- A Guide Book of United States Coins, Compliments of Whitman Publishing
- A One Month Virtual Trial Subscription of Coin World, Compliments of Amos Press
- A complimentary copy of Dr. Donald Kagin’s upcoming book, Profit From Gold and Rare Coins Now, with a special chapter on the Saddle Ridge Hoard
Kagin’s is the coin shop behind this sale, btw. They’re pretty legit.
Now if only that dog could have sniffed up some smaller coins for us peasants! ;)
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PS: The dog actually played a minor role in this whole treasure find – you can read the whole fascinating story here (scroll down a bit)
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Jay
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I agree, I cracked up with the comments. I am sure they will get taken down at some point so at least they are here for posterity haha.
Unfortunately all of the coins that I looked at on there, even the cheapest one you mentioned is DOUBLE what you could buy the same coin in the same grade for. That is a lot to spend just on the story. I would be willing to pay a premium, but not that much. Hopefully they will come down in price after a while of not selling.
You’re probably right – I didn’t even look any of them up since they’re out of my ballpark at the current time…
I wonder if there’s some collectors who ONLY collect these types of popular treasures/hoards? Like, instead of a type set or something? That would be kinda interesting (and expensive!).
Also, you would think that flooding the market with all of these previously ‘ultra rare’ coins would depress prices as well.
I feel like it would too. I’m not sure *how many* need to come on the market for that to happen? A definite risk involved if you’re a high-end collector! (Not that it would stop anyone from collecting since we love the hobby so much :))
I am not a fan of buying of paying a premium because something is part of a collection/hoard. I’d rather spend my money on just another coin that has no random person’s history attached to it. I think the only one I would ever consider is maybe getting some silver from the Binion Hoard and that is only because Binion’s is the only place in the world (that I know of) that will take a free picture of you holding one million dollars. That and I love Vegas.
Nice :) Hopefully they provide the million for you to hold and snap a pic of, yeah?
http://www.binions.com/million_dollar_photo.php
That’s not me, but I do have one of me “hugging” the money
It’s hard to look away from what that guy IS hugging! ;)
Thought of you yesterday when someone accidentally sent me SEVEN 1oz Gold American Buffalo Coins .9999 gold. Much better deal… free gold.
Of course, I called them up right away to let them know they sent their 10 grand in PURE GOLD to the wrong person and demand a ransom… just kidding. Although I did ask for them to pay for the shipping to return it to them!
Holy $hit – are you kidding me?? That is one major mistake! Haha… wow. Lucky them you’re so honest :)
Yeah… well the big Russian guy who the package belonged to wasn’t as appreciative as I expected him to be when instead of mailing it back I personally drove it over to the store that screwed up to hand deliver it to him…. The story gets crazier and crazier. But here’s to hoping the story is OVER given the guy’s reaction to me….
No Way! That is awesome! I think I would have told them they sent me SIX 1oz Gold American Buffalo Coins .9999 and offered to ship them back free of charge! ;-) Ha ha!
Ha! Yeah, it was SOOO crazy. At first I had no idea what it was and thought my wife ordered some commemorative coins for our kids or something. And then I looked at the packing slip closer and realized 9,3442.30 wasn’t the Invoice or Product number. It was the PRICE!
Correction: 9,442.30 was the PRICE!
Oooooh tell me you’re gonna blog about it soon! I wanna hear all about it!
J$ – Yes, I’m writing up the story this weekend on my personal finance site. :)