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New Member
United States
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Hello everyone, I am new to this site and am wondering if someone can give me an idea of what this coin is worth. I appreciate your help.   |
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Moderator
 United States
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 to the Community! I moved your welcome post to the 'Classic US coins' forum for the proper attention.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1081 Posts |
Look like a high AU, but some of the wear I see may be because of the pics. The color doesn't look natural either, especially given the pits on the obverse, but again it may be because of the pics.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To my eyes, it has EF45 details. Lack of cartwheel/luster and darker toning between the feathers suggest to me the coin was whizzed and retoned. Edited by DVCollector
02/21/2013 4:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It still has good bones left but it doesn't look natural. I imagine your lighting doesn't help either.
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New Member
 United States
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I am not a photographer either lol. I have a few other pics I can try to upload to give you a better idea. Any guess on the value?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1081 Posts |
It really depends if it has original surfaces or not, as I said before, it doesn't look like it to me, so assuming Au50 - ish grade, maybe $5. The problem is that you can get an original EF coin for about $5-8 dollars too.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
 I really think $5 would be the max I'd pay. Edited by DVCollector
02/21/2013 9:28 pm
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New Member
United States
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After the shipping charges I would be losing money lol. Thank you all for your help it is much appreciated.
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Valued Member
United States
202 Posts |
I'd hang on to it if I were you. That's a nice looking Indian Head.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree, I have sold several original XFs for $5-$8 and that is what I got. I got $10 for a high AU with some surface issues, the amount I started the bidding at. It is below. I don't think cleaned and re-toned would get that amount though but it is difficult to gauge what people will pay for coins with issues.  |
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Valued Member
United States
202 Posts |
You're not a photographer but that's a beauty of a picture. Very nice IH. How did you take the photo?
Edited by thestew
02/22/2013 10:45 pm
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New Member
United States
7 Posts |
I took it to my sisters and she took the pic. It looks different in person perhaps the lighting was bad. just looking at it with the naked eye it looks red and very slight tarnishing to the left of the face. Also I noticed under the 9 there is a small irregular and in the last 8 there is what appears to be a double. The research I have done on it they call that a SNOW? I have no idea what that means. I will try to take a few more pics to get a better idea of what it actually looks like. Again thank all of you for your responses.
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United States
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Snow as in Snow variety - Attributions credited to Rick Snow, the discoverer. http://www.fly-inclub.org/LL20-1%20...registry.pdfI cannot completely say for sure, based on your pictures, if the surfaces are original or not. They seem very lack luster which could mean the coin is impaired. swcoin.ecrater.com
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New Member
United States
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I am taking is to a coin shop on monday to see if it had ever been cleaned or not. Like I said the color and shine in the picture are not like what it actually looks like. I'm thinking just bad lighting.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Based on the picture I would definitely say cleaned.
It will be interesting to see if that opinion is due to "bad" lighting/photography.
Especially since the pic looks good, nice and crisp.
Keep us posted.
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Posted 02/21/2013 3:25 pm
