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TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 10/08/2010 3:12 pm I think it has some light scratches or contact marks from a more recent mishandling by a collector of a generation back. Maybe they had a bag or box with a number of other coins in it and paid little attention to proper storage and handling of coins. When I first started collecting coins I remember when IHC were cheap and 1859 were about $8.00 in the condition this one is in. I'm gonna take a guess (even tho this isn't the contest we play) that this might end up around $60.00 or $65.00 and in my opinion, is a better coin than the first one you looked at. Just make sure you really, really like it. Look at the first one and you can see many little scratches evenly distributed all around the surfaces and they go in every direction. That is a sign of cleaning. I don't think this one shows that but it might have been admired and maybe rubbed on the surfaces a number of times between the fingers. The second one also has a rim ding on the reverse which ya gotta be able to live with that and the trapped dirt. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidZerbato Pillar of the Community United States 1081 Posts	Posted 10/08/2010 5:19 pm My gf's dad had an entire set of IHC he collected when he was a kid, including the 1877 and 1909s. He found most in circulation or bought some of the more rare ones for pennies on the dollar of what we pay. Report this Post to the Staff
busthalf Pillar of the Community United States 1304 Posts	Posted 10/21/2010 03:47 am no comment Report this Post to the Staff
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