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New Member
United States
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I found this 1896 Indian Head penny while roll searching. I am brand new to this game and have a couple of questions. What is the value of this penny? I saw on a website that it ranges between $3.30 and $20. Obviously it's not in un-circulated condition, so I'm guessing that it would fall in the lower side of that range. Which brings me to my next question: How would you grade it? My last question may be a dumb one, but should I clean it? I've heard that a vinegar, lemon juice, and salt cocktail will do wonders on an old penny but I don't want to inadvertently damage it. Thoughts? *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Firstly....you are correct, your cent is worth the lower range of value. Second......FOR PETE'S SAKE DON'T CLEAN IT! You would make the coin of no interest to anyone. Right now it has an appealing patina to it. Leave it be :-)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a fairly common date IHC that can be obtained for about a dollar. Grading is a learned skill of wear and nice pictures can be seen at pcgs.com/photograde of various grades. Cleaning is almost always a bad idea and will make the coin more undesirable and worth less. |
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Canada
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We need to see closer pics to tell the grade and give you a value. Do not clean.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Based on these pictures, I would probably place it in the VG range.
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New Member
 United States
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I was thinking that cleaning it would be a bad idea. I don't know much about coins but I know about antique firearms. The worst thing you can do is clean or refinish an old gun. I figured the same would be true for coins. Here are larger pictures as per mcshilling's request:   |
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 United States
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A nice find, by the way.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As for grade it looks to be about G4. With better pics it may be G6.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've heard that a vinegar, lemon juice, and salt cocktail will do wonders on an old penny. Dollar dime . . lucky find. That cocktail will do wonders. You'll wonder why whatever value it did have is no longer there. |
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New Member
United States
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I just noticed this topic got moved from Modern US coins to Classic US coins. I should have seen that it was listed under the Classic category. At what point does a coin become a classic coin? Edited by Dollardime
03/01/2012 10:39 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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At what point does a coin become a classic coin? I don't know if there's broad agreement. I think 90+% of the forum would call Indian cents "classic" coins though. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 with the G4--at least, possibly higher if letters in LIBERTY are visible. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Classic and modern are defined by Mom and Dad (and moderators)
and listed under the headings
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Rest in Peace
United States
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"Bigger pix" does not mean "blow up this pix". Take a new pix with more detail. Doesn't matter, it's good condition, regardless.
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United States
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"Bigger pix" does not mean "blow up this pix". Take a new pix with more detail. Doesn't matter, it's good condition, regardless. Those were new pictures. I'm using a scanner and it's obviously not cutting it. I'll have to figure out a better way for posting large pictures on here.  |
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Posted 02/29/2012 11:45 am
