Indian Head Cent Questions

OK, I just added up the full retail value of everything in G except the over dates, and the big 3 and got 925.00. This is on Coin Worlds site, so not the inflated Red Book prices.

The major hurdle is 1866-1878. Those 12 coins average out to 41.66, again not counting 1877. But that is that low only because 74 and 75 come in under 20, and 73 open 3 and 76 come in under 30. The rest are expensive coins even in Good.

Now, as I said, those are full retail values. Even if you managed to pull it in at half retail, it's going to be a good 500 bucks or so. Just be patient. I think going forward on this series will develop both you and your sons collecting skills. Then, once he is older he can work towards those three coins. I know I am still shy an 09S myself.

Have you picked up any? Interested to see what's happening with this.

The 1877 will be the biggest hurdle.
Other tough dates are 1866-1872 (a challenge to find problem free).
If it's just a date set such as I'm working on, the 1909-S will be another hurdle. The 1908-S is pretty doable at any time.
This is a fun set. I am also working on my IHC Dansco with VG-VF coins (problem free mostly). 32 so far.
My advice is to take your time and have fun with it and don't just settle for any coin.
There are many original ones out there, and a lot not so original :-)

If this is any help, to calculate your total expected cost, I just sold a complete Flying Eagle/Indian Head Cent collection this week, in the aproximate grades you mentioned, on ebay for $866:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300780520884

That IHC set was a great price!

We've collected about six so far. Being over here in the uk has actually worked out. We haven't found quantities but the quality has been there. So far all of them have liberty clearly on them.

I was amazed to find my first Two Cent Piece as well. It was quite a shock. So far we are doing great though as far as the budget goes. We are under $3 a coin. A few of our purchases have been two coins one in our grade and one not. Same year and mint and still in our $3 a coin price range. So I'm hoping that we will end up with a few extra so that we may be able to trade for one or two that we are short.

I also love the fact that all of the chores are getting done. A new coin comes in and stays in my collection until the weeks chores are done. Then it can move over to his collection.

Another quick question though. I want to get a Dansco for him. Where can I get a cheap one? Coin Wizard is about the best that we've found so far. Anywhere else that I should check?

If you mean Wizardcoinsupply.com, I think they are the best for coin an currency supplies. A member here turned me on to them. You could also try ebay.

We are definitely going for natural coins. I actually found my 77 on ebay.com the other day. It had 12 hours left and I thought I was going to get a steal. I the first bid at a buck. Half an hour later it was at $300.