2 Ike's Make The Grade For A Fr Or Po Lowball Grade?

I just came across em yesterday and had to grab em because I have never ever seen an IKE that worn in the 39 yrs I have been alive, But I know the market for lowballs has been getting bigger recently so I said WTH may as well..

Ive never seen an ike that low either and I certainly dont have the patience to spend the next decade making one.

I hear that man..i don't think I will be alive long enough to make one even if I wanted to.. That's gotta take some serious time to wear away to the extent it has naturally with no help.. Well actually I would say 44 years to be exact by the date of the coin..I will let ya know if I decide to get rid of them. Not sure at the moment.. I may make it a pocket coin and continue the process

Mods feel free to move I just realized I may have posted in wrong area..i believe it belongs in Moderns.

Depends if youre going to save them for me when you have enough posts or not

In all seriousness its really hard to peg a value on things like this. Fr02 wouldnt be as valuable as PO1 but either way its the type of thing that could go for 10 dollars one day or 100+ another.

Given that theyre raw I would guess theyd likely stay closer to 10 dollars than 100 because there is a chance they could come back as a details coins which would make them worth less than the grading fee.

Theyre definitely cool and unusual but in their current state there is an element of risk to a buyer which will usually suppress the price

Oh I totally understand where your coming from basebal21 and money really isn't an issue so I will prolly send em out or atleast 1 of them to get slabbed just for the heck of it to see what it comes back as just for my own knowledge..I honestly wouldn't even think of selling them for more than $8 a piece raw if that just because of what you mentioned and the risk with something like this is on the buyer 100%.. I won't lose no matter what as I didn't pay anything for them.. heck if I can make someone else's day and help add to their collection and something they want, as long as I don't go in the hole I'm not looking to get rich.. I believe in paying it forward but sometimes people like to take advantage so it tends to keep me on the cautious side sometimes... Anyway I will let ya know if I send em out or if I don't and when I get enough posts I can post em on here for ya. I just thought they were cool when I saw em and figured wouldn't hurt to stick em with the rest of the ikes laying around.

If I had to guess the first one would probably have the lower grade, but thats also the one that makes me the most nervous about getting a details grade. The 2nd one would be the safer play for a normal grade but Id be surprised if that got a PO1. That ones probably a FR02 and AG03 wouldnt shock me.




As long as the finished product is natural thats all that really matters. Every circulated 1800s coin below xf has probably had something done to it that would be considered cleaning in its lifetime. The honest truth is you just really arent going to find Ikes like this in circulation unless someone used them as pocket pieces to wear them down and spent it.

Its still fascinating and unique though which is the appeal. Not everyone likes it, but aside from the top grade its much harder to find one that looks like this than to find a nice MS one. I can go on ebay and find MS 66s all day long which are great in their own right, but try finding a vf or lower. Heck try just finding a low vf. Theres been one AG3 thats sold this year and thats the only one coming up in the ebay sale history

- this type of altered or accelerated wear is quite simple to achieve/produce/counterfeit.