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found me an indian
- Thread starter camojeep
- Start date
"...All Indian Head Cents are worth at least a dollar if you can read the date and still see the basic devices (G-4 grade), but many are worth considerably more, even in this modest grade. Higher prices generally apply for average grade coins, about VG-8; they have a clear date and at least 2 letters of the word LIBERTY appear on the band of the headdress. Also, the coin shouldn't have any major defects, such as being holed, bent, corroded, etc."
In other words, dug IH's tend to be diminished in value. This is true for most copper coins.
Further, there is this:
"...*The 1864 coins have varying metal composition and can be distinguished by weight. The 88% copper cent weighs 4.67 grams; the 95% copper weighs 3.1 grams. If the cent has an "L", it appears sideways on the back of the neck of Liberty under the bottom feather. (The "L" always appears after 1864 on Indian Head Cents.)"
An 1864 IH "L" coin in VG-8 has a value of $34, the 88% and 95% coppers, $6 and $12 respectively in VG-8.
Yours, being dug and "environmentally damaged" will, sadly, bring substantially less. Even electrolytic cleaning, the least damaging sort, will likely do little to change this. That's the bitter truth to digging coppers.
But hey, it's a nice old IH! You don't dig one of those everyday! Way to go!
[size=small]Coin information courtesy of about.com[/size]
In other words, dug IH's tend to be diminished in value. This is true for most copper coins.
Further, there is this:
"...*The 1864 coins have varying metal composition and can be distinguished by weight. The 88% copper cent weighs 4.67 grams; the 95% copper weighs 3.1 grams. If the cent has an "L", it appears sideways on the back of the neck of Liberty under the bottom feather. (The "L" always appears after 1864 on Indian Head Cents.)"
An 1864 IH "L" coin in VG-8 has a value of $34, the 88% and 95% coppers, $6 and $12 respectively in VG-8.
Yours, being dug and "environmentally damaged" will, sadly, bring substantially less. Even electrolytic cleaning, the least damaging sort, will likely do little to change this. That's the bitter truth to digging coppers.
But hey, it's a nice old IH! You don't dig one of those everyday! Way to go!
[size=small]Coin information courtesy of about.com[/size]
its actually in little better shape than the pics look . i was just happy to find an old coin its my first indian and oldest coin . im hunting old railroad town at my grand parents , supposedly my great grandpa found coins there while tilling in the garden . the indian is my only find so far, might have to get a 5 inch coil for the tejon the junk is everywhere . ive been running a 10x12 widescan and like it, may have to get the 5 widescan and try it . got another lot in town that was a 1800 school and stable got to get back down there.