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 to the CCF It's a 1913 gold quarter eagle, I edited your post to reflect that. I can't tell the grade from your photos, show us a clear photo of both sides of the coin and we can help assess it. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Not many people just find a 100+ year old gold coin. What's the story of your find? Thanks for sharing.
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 Good question |
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Not many people just find a 100+ year old gold coin. What's the story of your find? Thanks for sharing.  |
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Welcome to CCF!. Your photos are bad, out of focus, need better pics. You might want to take it to a coin store with a Sigma or XRF to test if it's real gold or not, there are fakes.
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Yesterday 10:06 am
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If real, that's quite a find.
There are a lot of base metal replicas of those coins. Grading is not a good option. A coin shop or jewelry store would have the XRF machine needed to test it. But the first test should be weight.
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It is also one of the most counterfeited US coins. Will need much clearer and larger photos of both sides to determine authenticity. |
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If real and graded in a top holder it's maybe at retail maybe $650. But it's a hard sell. I see much better ones on ebay I can get between 675 and 800 for better graded ones. I wouldn't recommend getting it graded if real. The melt price on the coin today is $487. You basically have a $500 coin you could sell at near melt at a reputable coin shop at today's prices. However, you may want to test your luck and hold it for a while and see if gold goes up higher. |
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Thanks for editing. And I found the coin going through the attic of my grandfather's who passed away.this actually used to belong in a 14k gold signat ring which I still have. It's been tested at the jewelers in which they said its gold for sure. This jeweler is also a coin collector himself, and he believes it to be real also. Thank you all for the help, I can try getting some clearer better photos.  |
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  These are about as good of pictures as I can get with my phone. It seems as tho in person it looks better than the pictures make it out to be. |
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