Just down the road from me about 20 minutes away is cool store call Antiques & Oddities. In addition to the standard stalls of antiques they have a huge selection of, "oddities" such as Tibetan trample doors or Chinese apothecary cabinets like these.
Not the actual ones I saw.
In talking to one of the owners I found out that the other owner of the shop spends half of the year over in Europe and Asia filling a big, portable storage container. Once full they ship it over to the states and start making money.
Now they do have a tray of generic silver rounds but they are all priced at $25 each so, no thanks. However they did have this 1/10 ounce gold eagle.
As you can see this one is a special (or is it) "first day of issue" coin.
I snapped a couple photos and it is a beautifully stuck coin as you can see. The details are amazing on this little guy.
Not sure why the photos make it look differently colored on either side. It was the same color on both sides, obviously.
It comes in a wood box display box with a window in it, this COA, and a $200 price tag!
My question to you is; Is this really worth $200? It is well over the $140 that apmex is charging for a random year BU coin.
Are these "first day of issue" or "first strike" graded coins just a gimmick? As nice as this coin looks I don't think I could justify that much of a premium, could you?
