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I am not a coin collector. I had to look up to see what the grading meant and how it works. So now that you know, please don't saturate your answers with to many technical terms I will need to research.
I kind of fell into several coins of interest, but the one indicated to me as very valuable was the 1/4 indian. I would like any info ya'll could offer on this coin. Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
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Is it graded by a Third Party Grader? This means it is in a plastic, air-tight holder, and it is certified with a grade by a trustworthy company (examples are NCG, PCGS, ANACS..)
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 For a coin like an Indian quarter eagle, the grading is critical. "MS-65" is only meaningful if it was determined by one of the top grading services (PCGS, NGC, ANACS, or ICG only, in that order of preference). The common Indian quarter eagle dates have retail values of $3000 or a bit more in true MS-65 grade. If the coin is graded by any other service it is very likely to be overgraded and/or may have problems like cleaning or damage. In that case it would be worth much less, possibly as little as the current gold bullion value (about $200). Please post pictures of your coins and we may be able to give you some useful input. |
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Yes. The coin was graded and cased via NGC. I apologize for no pictures, but it's giving me an error message when I try to upload them.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The coin was graded and cased via NGC. You have "conditional rarity" which means the 1910 $2.50 is very valuable at the MS65 level. It's worth $6,000 in NGC MS65.  AND |
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Oh I give up....the file is too big and it's in the wrong format and blah blah windows is retarded, blah! You'll just have to take my word for it that it's in a sealed case with a bar code and the whole 9 yards. Coin looks perfect to me. no mint identifier, but I'm not certain if there should be one on a coin from that era. Not sure what else I can say about it. Any good websites I could visit? I don't mind doing research on my own, just wanted some, in the know opinions, before I decide what to do with the coin. |
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Rest in Peace
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Make sure that it is a genuine slab and check the finer details; fakers are getting pretty good. Try uploading to photobucket.
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New Member
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You will have to eloborate on the "slab" and finer details for me? Is photobucket a separate site? Wouldn't they have deemed the coin a fake when they graded it?
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Rest in Peace
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No mintmark means it's from Philadelphia. Photobucket is a separate site where you can upload photographs and then post the link here for us to look at if you want. It's much more likely a genuine slab than not , but with that much value, it should be double checked.
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I like Irfanview.com for picture editing. It's free and very easy to use. Also just a word of advise: read the CCF tutorial right above the "Reply to Topic" It looks like this: Uploading Images just above the box for Screensize: in left menu for the Message block. Good Luck! And congratulations on $3,000 plus coin! and now Edited by Moe145
03/26/2011 8:01 pm
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