1874 $3 Indian Princess Head ~ Grade? Thoughts?

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Chriscoinz Valued Member United States 312 Posts	Posted 05/18/2020 6:55 pm Hello CCF, I would love to hear your thoughts on the grade of this coin, as well as any observations as to how its interesting surface texture came to be. My first inclinations are to say prior cleaning or environmental damage, but let me know what you think! Edited by Chriscoinz 05/18/2020 6:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 05/18/2020 7:16 pm Assuming it's genuine, looks acid-treated. Can you give us the weight? Report this Post to the Staff
Chriscoinz Valued Member United States 312 Posts	Posted 05/18/2020 7:20 pm It weighs 5.0 grams on my scale. I'm confident in its accuracy, since I've weighed out a $5 half eagle as well as a $2.5 quarter eagle and other various coins/bars, and they all were represented accurately. Edited by Chriscoinz 05/18/2020 7:22 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Chriscoinz Valued Member United States 312 Posts	Posted 05/18/2020 7:25 pm Correction: after several weighs, the weight is 4.9-5.0 grams. (my scale only goes to tenths of a gram) Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 05/18/2020 7:33 pm Full weight is 5.015g, which suggests a slight weight loss here due to apparent acid treatment. But I have little experience in this area - I'll wait for the experts to chip in. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/18/2020 7:44 pm with Coinfrog. A very likely theory would suggest that severe acid attack has leached the 10% copper out of the surface. What remains in the surface is close to 100% gold. I would think that XRF testing would reveal gold in the surface at around 98%. Report this Post to the Staff
52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8517 Posts	Posted 05/18/2020 11:27 pm Like to see what IGE has to say about this one. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36782 Posts	Posted 05/19/2020 5:06 pm Gold does not pit like this in the ground or under the sea. So it is not environmental damage. Ancient coins are dug up all the time looking like new. This coin needs to be tested to see if it actually is gold. If so, like Frog said probably dropped in acid for what ever reason. Report this Post to the Staff
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