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Hi Everyone! So, I recently inherited 14 gold indian heads that for some crazy reason or another was soldered together some time decades ago to form a necklace. I inspected each coin and each is in practically brilliant uncirculated condition except for the fact they were all welded together including this 1911 Strong D quarter eagle indian head. I feel some pain realizing it would have been worth much more if it was left alone. So is there ANY value to it now that it is in this condition besides bullion value? If so, how much would it be worth? Is it worth breaking the necklace apart just for this one coin? (The others are more common quarter eagles but also in brilliant uncirculated condition) Attached are two photos front and back of the coin photographed with a digital microscope. Thank you all in advance!   |
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Pillar of the Community
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 Wow 14 gold quarter eagles! That is quite the inheritance. With gold coins with four soldered loops, they are each worth gold bullion value individually. I would recommend to keep the necklace intact, as there will be more buyers for a necklace as opposed to damaged gold coins.
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I'm going to agree with the poster above do not touch it!
As a collector of other things and have recently gone through and appraiser for my entire state and collecting items for many years I can tell you please leave it alone.
I don't know where you're from because your profile just says United States but if you can give maybe the state you live in maybe somebody can direct you to somebody who can actually give you an appraised value on it with a certification. And why I say this is I have an appraiser who is certified the items that are in my families estate after my parents both passed away. He has a long list of certifications and we paid a pretty price for him but they will give you a written up document. Please don't touch it please don't try to clean it either. I'm sorry for your loss as well.
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United States
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If you can lock it up somewhere if you have a safe lock it up in the safe. I don't know what else you have but it seems like somebody thought highly of it and you to leave it to you. Someone may even have that restored but it has to be done professionally I'm not going to be too sure because of the pictures and there are pros on here that can tell you exactly what to do. But please don't try to clean it yourself whatever you do just leave it alone and put it away until you're ready to take the next step.
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Edited by Reno911
03/26/2023 4:09 pm
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Reno911  and well stated.  |
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According to NGC, each of these currently has $240 worth of gold. On the other had, AU Details mount removed, removed from jewelry, even bent ones of the 1911 strong D have sold for well over $2000 on Heritage in recent years. I'm not sure if you're intending to sell it or just want to appraise it, but it seems like a buyer for this isn't going to want it for a necklace (does anybody wear that kind of stuff anymore?). They'll be after the 1911-D and the bullion value for the rest. Just my opinion.
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I agree with @kbbpll. It obviously has sentimental value as an intact necklace, but if you want to maximize value for a possible sale, the 1911-D alone would have some additional numismatic value even with the damage from removing the loops (providing it is genuine). The rest of the necklace will likely be bullion value anyway. BTW, the 11-D is definitely not in uncirculated condition, but probably AU.
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I'm sorry to say this and maybe somebody has some other thoughts on the topic. I looked at the coin again which I didn't for the 1st time truly I didn't blow it up and thats my mistake.
I noticed on the 1st picture if you blow the picture up you'll see where the D mint mark it is actually overtop of the sodder mark for o-ringlet that it is attached to. In the 60s and 70s and even the mid 80s coin Jewelry was popular. Some of it was fake and some of it was real. And they were selling a lot of fake than. Also I know that some costume jewelry can be valuable depending on the maker and designer. I would have checked out one way or another but I'm pretty sure someone on here can tell you that coin is authentic or not by visualization . I'm having a second Thoughts for the sole fact of that D mint mark over top of the sodering And I'll admit I didn't do my due diligence to look at the coin thoroughly. I could be wrong but the experts on here could be better to advised. I should've blown it up before saying anything. Yet again custome jewelry can be worth money aswell.
If you gave full picture of it all in its entirety that would be appreciated.
Edited by Reno911
03/26/2023 10:06 pm
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I agree that it should be authenticated - it is #37 on NGC's top 50 most counterfeited list. However, to me the solder is up against the D but the D is not over the top of it. And why would you fake the D after putting it in a necklace? Many of the Ds on Heritage seem misshapen. Compare the thickness in various places and the shape of the interior. Seems like an exact match to me.  |
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This would be a good one for Indiangoldeagle to weigh in on.
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