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Hi y'all! yeh, I'm from Oklahoma. never woulda guessed huh? lol Hope everyone is doing well here. Just wanted to say hello to everyone before running amok. ( jk ) It's nice to meet you all!
I'm back. I'll try to keep this short. I'm not sure where or if I should even post. My Nana passed a few years ago. (yes, I called her that my entire life and I'm 51 now.)
Her purse finally filtered down to me. She always carried a little cardboard box but would never let anyone see what was inside and I'm either the only in the family with an unholy amount of curiosity about things, rarely people. The box had about 60 coins inside. The very first I picked out is an indian head with no date on it that I can find. Seemed unusual and now I'm wondering if its just a fluke or maybe the coins are more unusual than those who passed on it may have thought. Should I scan it and post just that one here or scan a few others with it? And if so, which board should I post them on? I sincerely appreciate any direction you may offer. Thank you.
Cat
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 to the Community! Your reply was split into its own topic and moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  It is best to create a different topic for each coin so we can answer your questions, but it would be a lot of work to post each of the 60 coins individually. I suggest you can start with a group photo so we can identify which coins merit a closer look. Do not worry if you get anything wrong, we are here to help! Uploading PhotosPixlr Desktop Image Optimizer ( Tutorial) - Pixlr Mobile Image Optimizer ( Tutorial) |
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Bedrock of the Community
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 to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Eager to see full, large and sharp pics. Thanks.
Edited by ijn1944
06/06/2022 08:54 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The "Indian Head" coin with no date is most likely a Buffalo nickel. They lost the date (on the Indian's shoulder) pretty quickly. But as stated above, we would like to see photos if you can load them. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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06/06/2022 08:55 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, send a group picture of the coins. I am looking forward to seeing them  Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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. If you can take a photo of the coins and not a scan. John1  |
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to the forum. As the others have said, it's best to have a clear picture of both sides of the coin for us to see so we can give help. |
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It would perhaps we wise to suggest that expectations be kept low. Unless you know your Nana was a coin collector and had a collection other than this box, then it's highly likely to be just a box of "odd looking coins". Most folks have such a box of oddities lying around - I know my family did. And apart from coins that are "old" or "foreign", most coins become "odd looking" to a non-coin-collector because of some kind of damage or other abuse, rather than because of some rare trait that would make them valuable to a collector. Your date-less Indian-head sounds like just such a coin.
Likewise, don't expect any individual coin to be "valuable". Valuable coins are, by definition, rare, which means that a coin pulled out of circulation at random isn't likely to be valuable. It's not impossible, just improbable. Be prepared to be told that your coins have much more sentimental value to you and the family than actual monetary value. That way, if something actually valuable does turn up, you can be pleasantly surprised, rather than disappointed.
We're still happy to help confirm and identify what you've got - let's roll those dice and see what comes up. And you never know; it was inheriting my family's "odd box of coins", that started my own interest in coin collecting years ago.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Just wanted to say a big thank you to so many kind responses. Thank you!
I've always expected less so anything more than less is a pleasant surprise. The only reason I I thought there might be something different about this little box of coins is because she had a fairly large collection of coins separate from these. I'm not really expecting to gain much more than a bit of interesting knowledge.
One question - do I need to scan both sides or just the "head" side? and which forum do I post the scans in?
Thank you all again!
Cat
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One question - do I need to scan both sides or just the "head" side? and which forum do I post the scans in? Please post a clear photo, not a scan, of both the Obverse (Heads) and the Reverse (Tails). Depending on the coin, there are different forums. |
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do I need to scan both sides or just the "head" side? and which forum do I post the scans in? Scans normally work just fine, especially if you don't have a camera with a good macro lens capability to zoom in on a tiny up-close object like a coin. Scans have some disadvantages especially for high-grade coins, but have the advantage of always being in focus and generally being fairly high resolution. We'd rather have a good scan than a small, blurry photo. Most of the pictures I've posted here on the forum are scans because when I'm sitting at the computer, the scanner is more convenient than going and setting up the camera. We generally need to see both sides of a coin, and people will ask for the other side if you only post a picture of just one side. Even if the other side looks "perfectly normal", or even "completely flat or corroded" - we'd still like to see that. For location, there are lots of different subforums on this forum: Modern US, "Classic" US, Canada, Australia, Rest-of-the-World, Ancient, etc. Find the area that you think best suits. If you have a coin or coin-like object and you genuinely have no clue what it is and would like to find out, there's an ID Required subforum designed just for that. And don't worry too much if you're told you've posted your pictures in the "wrong place" - the moderators here can move your thread to the "correct" location, if we need to. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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