British or USA Gold-- What is your preference?

[danmc82]

12 hours ago, Kookaburracollector said:

Why can’t we like both...I have a few 1oz gold coins from both sides of the pond, and like them all...that said, I do think the US have the more attractive coins on the 1oz front.

Regarding the smaller fractional coins, then the UK kicks the Americans ass big time me thinks.. for reasons already alluded to in previous posts...mainly history.(now climbing into my bunker)

The photo below ain’t great (it’s too sunny!) but make up your own mind.

BRITANNIA FANS....I have made a deliberate mistake in the photos of the Britannia...do you know what it is???

 

 

I love the Gold Buffalo Coins. One of my favorites along with Gold Pandas.

[rivellis]

By "older American gold" do you mean say mid 1800's liberty dollars? Some of these are very nice. And the 5.00 gold indian is one of my favorites. I will have to look for the Mexican gold.

[BullionBuyer]

18 hours ago, Kookaburracollector said:

@BullionBuyerHey...you might be a newbie but you know your Britannia’s ...I take great pleasure in giving you your first community reputation point!

For the less expert, established members I will explain why the photos are misleading..

Both are 2017 Britannia 1oz gold coins, but the photo on top is of the reverse of the limited edition 30th anniversary coin. The obverse underneath is of the standard Britannia.

The obverse for the 30th edition should look like this:-

 

Glad to have you on the forum.

Thank you Kookaburracollector. Though I am new to this forum I have been collecting the Britannia for a little while but am now looking to diversify and improve my knowledge on other Gold coins.

[Kookaburracollector]

3 minutes ago, BullionBuyer said:

Thank you Kookaburracollector. Though I am new to this forum I have been collecting the Britannia for a little while but am now looking to diversify and improve my knowledge on other Gold coins.

Check out this thread..plenty of gold coins to look at..

20 French francs advice please (sorry it’s not a link) in a hurry...

 

[shortstack68]

On 27/01/2019 at 14:48, Seasider said:

Back to the original question, from a design point of view I think the Indian Head $10 is my favourite - of course I have only ever seen pictures of it.

What do you think of the new Liberty head? The last one was an African American Liberty head, design changes every 2 years i think it was, so next should be this year. Also like the Buffalo and Indian head, though i would prefer the Indian head a little more smaller

[rivellis]

I have not heard a thing about a new liberty. The 2017 was the last design I saw. The Indian head has been a favorite design of mine since childhood. And I agree with you---the re-do of the design had an opportunity to adjust the portrait-to-field scale.

[shortstack68]

2 minutes ago, rivellis said:

I have not heard a thing about a new liberty. The 2017 was the last design I saw. The Indian head has been a favorite design of mine since childhood. And I agree with you---the re-do of the design had an opportunity to adjust the portrait-to-field scale.

I'm sure i read somewhere when there was so much controversy about the African American effigy that it was changing every 2 years, maybe the American  boys can chip in with this.

[Seasider]

This is the one I had in mind.  

[Seasider]

I quite liked the African American Liberty head but again it is not one I have seen close up.  Aren't they using the Sacagawea head these days?

[rivellis]

 The Sacagawea can actually be found in circulation, though mostly vending machines.

[trozau]

37 minutes ago, shortstack68 said:

I'm sure i read somewhere when there was so much controversy about the African American effigy that it was changing every 2 years, maybe the American  boys can chip in with this.

Here's the coin with the African American Liberty. Some like it, some don't. The eagle, I like. The Liberty, too PC-motivated for me.

 

The 2009 UHR Double Eagle based on the original St Gaudens dies/design, I like and bought for my wife and kids.

[shortstack68]

16 minutes ago, trozau said:

Here's the coin with the African American Liberty. Some like it, some don't. The eagle, I like. The Liberty, too PC-motivated for me.

Everything is PC these days, personally i really liked this design, i did buy one but the quality was terrible, scratches all over, i just gave up and sent it back after i was seeing YT video after video with the same problems. Am i correct in thinking there is a design change this year?

[trozau]

2 minutes ago, shortstack68 said:

Everything is PC these days, personally i really liked this design, i did buy one but the quality was terrible, scratches all over, i just gave up and sent it back after i was seeing YT video after video with the same problems. Am i correct in thinking there is a design change this year?

The series is supposed to be minority race American women portrayed as Liberty (African American first). Don't know which race is next. Don't know time intervals of release.

[shortstack68]

2 minutes ago, trozau said:

The series is supposed to be minority race American women portrayed as Liberty (African American first). Don't know which race is next. Don't know time intervals of release.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/us/black-lady-liberty-us-coin.html yep, its every 2 years, next should theoretically be due in April, the first was April 6th 2017

[rivellis]

I read on the Mint site that the current "Sac" coin will have a new reverse with the theme "Native Americans having to do with the space program. 2019 rollout. At first I considered it odd but in context with the 50-year moon landing, I understood.

[rivellis]

If the mint wanted to come up with a design for typical American portrait, I propose the movie character "Joe Dirt." This is true-life. If you travel to the US please pack some 'camo' shorts and sleeveless T-shirts.

[trozau]

1 hour ago, shortstack68 said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/us/black-lady-liberty-us-coin.html yep, its every 2 years, next should theoretically be due in April, the first was April 6th 2017

Found this on the World Wide Web. Possible 2019 Asian American Liberty gold coin design.

[shortstack68]

9 minutes ago, trozau said:

Found this on the World Wide Web. Possible 2019 Asian American Liberty gold coin design.

Like the REV, reserve judgement on the OBV

[rivellis]

That's not half-bad. The eagle is very nice. I wonder how many collectors there are of the actual eagle reverses. One of my favorite non-gold coins is the Flying Eagle cent.

[trozau]

Liberty design reminiscent of the Peace Liberty Dollar with wind-swept hair. Asian American Liberty looks a lot like Michelle Yeoh from Crazy Rich Asians. 

[rivellis]

My first impression was of the Peace Dollar, too. And I'm on board with Michelle Yeoh...

[Martlet]

1 hour ago, trozau said:

Found this on the World Wide Web. Possible 2019 Asian American Liberty gold coin design.

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Thats much better than the usual US design.  Though its a sketch, how much will translate to the final product. 

[rivellis]

The eagle will probably be very close. The obverse presents some spatial issues that could make or break the design. Good point-of-departure though. I hope it gets made.

[trozau]

26 minutes ago, Martlet said:

Thats much better than the usual US design.  Though its a sketch, how much will translate to the final product. 

The series is High Relief gold coins and silver medals so I expect the final product will be along the same lines as the 2017 African American Liberty. UHR (Ultra High Relief) are exceptional and takes much effort and that is probably why the US Mint has NOT done a follow up after the 2009 UHR Double Eagle.

[rivellis]

https://www.usmint.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2015-American-Liberty-High-Relief-Gold-Coin-Obverse.jpg

 

 

what do you think about this Liberty?