Lone Mountain Coin

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06/08/2026

1795 draped bust dollar in PCGS xf45 cac

We are now selling XXL Saint Gaudens. An LMC exclusive. 🤣
05/22/2026

We are now selling XXL Saint Gaudens. An LMC exclusive. 🤣

05/19/2026

Got Mormon gold?

Drummer boy - 100 Oz toner
05/19/2026

Drummer boy - 100 Oz toner

A few odds and ends back.
05/15/2026

A few odds and ends back.

When I first laid eyes on this coin I couldn’t get it out of my head for two days straight. The price tag for it seeme...
05/14/2026

When I first laid eyes on this coin I couldn’t get it out of my head for two days straight. The price tag for it seemed astronomical at the time relative to its auction “peers” on similar grade but something about the natural skin on the coin I just couldn’t ignore. I had never bought a piece of pioneer gold before but this coin had a certain magical quality beckoning my name.

With this Wass I would embark on an exciting journey to pursue some of the best pieces of pioneer gold I could both find and afford.

The luster on this gold Eagle presents very differently from US mint coins in this era. The process, the tools, the dies, and the raw materials were all markedly divergent. A fairmont coin presents NOTHING like pioneer gold, especially a Wass. This coin is an AU58 in disguise - it’s gritty, its crusty, its grainy, its divine.

For this reason a green sticker would be a curse on this slab, not a blessing. When I submitted it to CAC I attached a friendly request:

***** “Gold CAC consideration only! - please don’t sticker it otherwise” ****

That is to say, a green sticker would hurt this coin because it is far and away a standout. A green sticker would be a stamp saying it’s a nice AU50 and nothing more. This coin is far from that.

Thankfully the sticker fairies agreed in this instance and awarded the coin a gold CAC. Huzzah!

Luster on pioneer is nothing like your traditional gold and it must be studied and appreciated on its own relative to its peers.

Pioneer luster is not easily understood even by the seasoned veterans.

This particular example became the plate coin on David McCarthy’s book on pioneer gold and I get to remember it with fondness every time I thumb through it.

Remember: you are your best advocate.

05/12/2026

My nuggets are multiplying! Making gold nugget babies. This one also hails from the magnificent state of Alaska. Beauty.

Mintage: 2199Sleeper date! 1881 $20 lib in NGC au50
05/12/2026

Mintage: 2199

Sleeper date! 1881 $20 lib in NGC au50

Have you hit your quota with refiners? We are buying sterling! Tons of it. Giddyup.
05/10/2026

Have you hit your quota with refiners? We are buying sterling! Tons of it.

Giddyup.

Pretty lady. 1869 20 Liberty Double eagle PCGS in au58 cac
05/10/2026

Pretty lady. 1869 20 Liberty Double eagle PCGS in au58 cac

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