Hello all and welcome to another blog! First up, I've got to tell you guys about a pretty substantial purchase I made a little while ago and totally forgot to tell you guys about. It is the second gold coin in my collection and the first classic gold coin in my collection (by that I mean a gold coin that was intended to circulate—rather than modern gold coins like my 1/10th ounce gold eagle). It is an 1880 $5 Liberty gold piece graded AU-50 by PCGS. It is 90% gold and 10% copper alloy meaning it has about 0.2419 ounces of gold (just below a quarter of an ounce!). It is pretty cool because it was most likely in circulation at some point. Although it has wear, it still has a bit of luster and it has great details. I picked it up off of a coin forum for a really decent price.