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Hey everyone, I'm going to have the opportunity to look through about $10.00 in face value of Indian Head cents this weekend. Any specific keys I should be on the lookout for? These have been in an old mason jar for almost 70 years so I'm pretty sure they are truly 'unsearched' Thanks! Edited by photoeric21
02/09/2009 9:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well cross your fingers and hope there is a 1909-s in there.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The CuNi Civil War years, anything from the late 1860s through the 1870s, and mint marks(1908-S and 1909-S). I am sure KurtS will be glad to fill you in on some interesting varieties to look for as well  |
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Pillar of the Community
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If your eyes get tired, send some my way. Have fun. |
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 can I help, can, I can I? |
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United States
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Looking through unsearched Indian Head cents would be a treat. Hope you find some key coins. |
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United States
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Sounds like a great time. I'm sure you will post what you saw right away?
Good Luck.
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Take a camera!  |
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I will absolutely bring a camera... and keep a log of everything I find. Hopefully I'll be able to purchase the ones I want... I haven't quite brought that part up just yet  |
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Why not just make an offer on the whole jar? If you cherry-pick it the owner will probably know your leaving him with the stuff that's not worth as much. If they're not all damaged or corroded and you can read the dates, I'd offer $500.00 for the whole thing and see where that leads
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Check the reverses on any 1870, 71, & 72 to see if they are the Shallow N variety. The 1871 is especially rare and worth considerably more than the Bold N counterpart.
Also check any 1867 & 1894 for the doubled date.
Daniel
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Well, how did it go, we are waiting to here.  |
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I think I would make an offer on the lot myself! Anxiously awaiting results!
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Well if you find a non-key one in MS-60 that you might consider selling, let me know, I am looking for one in my typeset.
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I am back! With good/bad news. The bad news is.. they weren't Indian Head cents, he was mistaken. The good news is they were all wheat cents! Ok, here's the list... I would say average grade is fine to VF.. nothing MS that I could see THE LIST Key Dates: 1909-S (2) 1914-D (1) 1924-D (3) 1931-S (1) Badly Worn - Grades Fair at best 1933-D (2) There is at least 1 of every coin below. Some of the more common dates have 4-6 of each. 1909 1910 1911 1911-D 1912 1912-D 1912-S 1913 1913-D 1913-S 1914 1915 1915-D 1915-S 1916 1916-D 1916-S 1917 1917-D 1918 1918-D 1918-S 1919 1919-D 1920 1920-D 1921 1921-S 1923 1923-S 1924 1925 1925-D 1925-S 1926 1926-D 1927 1927-D 1927-S 1928 1928-D 1928-S 1929 1929-D 1929-S 1930 1930-D 1930-S 1931 1931-D 1932 1932-D 1933 1933-D 1934 1934-D Then there's a strange gap in the dates until they pick up here  (some of these had 8-9 of each) 1950 1950-D 1950-S 1951 1951-D 1951-S 1952 1952-D 1952-S 1953 1953-D 1953-S 1954 1954-D 1954-S 1955 1955-D 1955-S 1956 1956-D 1957 1957-D 1958 1958-D I have no idea why there wasn't single coin in the 16 year gap. Any guesses? Now I need to make an offer on the lot as he has no urge to keep the coins. What would be a fair offer for every cent he's got? |
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Posted 02/04/2009 2:41 pm
