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1877 And 1909 S AU Or Unc Indian Cents

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 Posted 12/14/2023  9:42 pm  Show Profile   Check BH1964's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add BH1964 to your friends list
1877 IHC do exist in that level of preservation. They are worth tens of thousands of dollars each.
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 Posted 12/14/2023  9:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add RedRaider to your friends list
They do exist in this level of preservation. I have one. It just happens to be graded.

MOST you see will be graded, but not all are graded. Remember, Stewart Blay bought his example raw and then had it graded (66+RD). Grading has only been around for 40 or so years, so grandpas collections may still be full of raw coins if they were collected in the 60s and 70s and there was no intention to ever grade them.

For me, I look at the evidence. Both coins show attributes I would expect them to show, so I lean to authentic. The ONLY thing that scares me about them is the freshness of the staples.
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 Posted 12/14/2023  9:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KenKat to your friends list

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Also, for what its worth, PCGS has graded 472 Red-Brown and 91 full Red for the 1877. I know that number is inflated with resubmissions, but it is certainly higher than 50-60.


I was looking at the full Red numbers, but you are right, I missed a couple of numbers adding them up in my head.
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 Posted 12/15/2023  12:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kbbpll to your friends list
I notice the 1 (on the 1877) is missing the right serif. I don't know if any real ones are like that, but it's one clear area in the photo and the serif appears to be completely chopped off. Hard to judge anything from these photos though.
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 Posted 12/15/2023  01:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add adam126402 to your friends list
lol, RedRaider, I was focused on the packaging as well when I first saw this post go up. Those staples are fresh.
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 Posted 12/15/2023  04:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
Matthew23,
You need to tell that guy you know to post good photos of the coins out of the holders front and back.That's the only way we will be able to help.As of now he is just teasing us
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 Posted 12/15/2023  09:27 am  Show Profile   Check nss-52's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add nss-52 to your friends list
FREE OPINION:

Both are counterfeit based on the images provided so far (12/15 @9:23a)
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 Posted 12/15/2023  11:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Slider23 to your friends list

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I notice the 1 (on the 1877) is missing the right serif. I don't know if any real ones are like that, but it's one clear area in the photo and the serif appears to be completely chopped off. Hard to judge anything from these photos though.]


Good catch. There were only two obverse dies used on the 1877 and both had the right serif on the one. The 1877 is a fake.
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 Posted 12/15/2023  3:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hfjacinto to your friends list

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I wish I could get more images but unfortunately these are not mine, I was just showing what he showed me, but I'm like 75% skeptical they are fake just because I know the coin shop he bought them from is not known for always buying real coins unfortunately, they get sometimes tricked on fake coins, if I'm ever putting out that kind of money they better be graded and better be from a reputable seller.


This makes no sense WHY would anyone buy multi thousand dollar coins from a coin shop with "fake coins"

This has to be a joke post. No one can be this clueless.
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 Posted 12/15/2023  4:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Matthew23 to your friends list
This is not a joke, I buy coins from him and I've noticed he had some uncirculated Indians one time and they were fake, I just think he doesn't know, he's not a collector really, he buys and sells usually so I'm sure he just doesn't know between fake and real Indian cents, no way I would buy those not graded, remember he bought a whole set and the set was between au and unc I'm wondering how many are really real.
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 Posted 12/15/2023  4:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hfjacinto to your friends list
So your friend who isn't a collector just spent over $10k on high end coins not knowing if they are real?

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 Posted 12/15/2023  5:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
Ask your friend to join CCF so we can talk to him directly. We have questions.
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 Posted 12/15/2023  7:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
This thread is going nowhere without some solid out-of-holder pics. OP's contact doesn't seem interested taking this further.
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 Posted 12/15/2023  8:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Matthew23 to your friends list
hfjacinto I'm guessing so I've never seen him keep anything he buys.
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 Posted 12/16/2023  05:06 am  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
Coins are needed out of holders with better photos.
These are two very important coins and key dates, subject to massive counterfeiting.
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