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1912 $2.50 Indian Head Gold Coin - Any Info

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Hello, friends!

This is my first time posting in this specific main forum, so please let me know if I need to provide more information/ details / pics!

I recently found an old coin purse containing older US coins & wanted to ask your assistance with the general condition, how to tell if it's real/fake, or really any information yall might have on some of the coins! I'll even take super interesting & fun facts about them!! :)

I am specifically asking about a 1912 Indian head gold coin. I have included multiple pictures below.

Any help or guidance is always appreciated!

Weight: 4.19g

Thank yall! - Ashton






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 Posted 12/02/2024  1:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ratman4762 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Gold definitely isn't my specialty, but looks real to me and the weight is good. Sadly looks like a nasty scratch on obverse.
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Agree on both counts.



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It looks okay to me, but definitely outside my area of expertise.
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So far your 'old coin purse' find is proving to contain some interesting examples. How many more old coins are in there?

This coin looks authentic to me but I am far from an expert on the gold coin series.

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The Purse contained.
13 Older US coins - I've posted about 4 of them so far (3 Dimes, 1 $2.5)
27 Silver Modern US coins - I have not posted any of them yet (spoiler: I think one of a clipped 1964 Kennedy half dollar)
30+ Foreign Currency/Coins - I have not started sorting these yet (Ranging from 1931-1980s)
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Looks real to me. I'm not a expert on gold coins though.
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Appears to be a genuine, circulated, common date Indian quarter-eagle. In the condition it's in there will not be a large premium to melt value. There's $320 of gold in it.
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Appears genuine. Slightly better date.
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I don't see any red flags, but this coin is commonly counterfeited and would be difficult to authenticate from photos alone. If it's a good quality middle eastern counterfeit, it likely is gold and would still have gold value.
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Looks like an ex-jewelry piece. Worth melt value.
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