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What Are These Indians Worth?

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 Posted 11/29/2011  11:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Taking another look at the 1898, I'd like to raise a small flag.
Something is a bit unnatural looking about the fields--they are almost too smooth and free of marks.
Perhaps the coin really looks that way, or the image is doctored to look better. I hope not.

Update: I have circled the areas that look unnaturally smooth and free of marks normally seen on AU-low MS coins:

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11/29/2011 12:18 pm
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 Posted 11/29/2011  5:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SHAFTA9a to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ahh, DV the Indian Head detective nothing passes his eye that he will not find.

Dv, do you think this coin may be counterfeit?
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 Posted 11/29/2011  5:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add LowLife to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I will know for sure in a few days...the coins are on their way to me....

Let's say that coin is genuinely free of marks......does that make it a high MS coin? I agree that it looks mark free, but I'm pretty sure the photos are undoctored and that the coin is legit.

I will update everyone once they arrive!
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 Posted 11/29/2011  6:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Shafta, I think the coin is real; I just suspect its appearance is "helped" digitially.
I've worked in photoshop long enough to tell when pixels have been manipulated--they appear "smeared."
Still--I hope I'm proven wrong! Let's re-grade your coins when they arrive.
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