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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 04-26-2006, 09:43 PM   #1 (permalink) PyrotekNX Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 338 1906 Silver Indian Head Cent I recently purchased this coin off of eBay and it is in the mail as we speak. It looks genuine, what do you guys think? Attached Thumbnails       04-26-2006, 10:06 PM   #2 (permalink) CoinKid52 Senior Member     Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Somewhere Posts: 222 I've never heard of a silver indian head cent before...It may just be silver plated. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay, including shipping? __________________ Although I am not naturally honest, I sometimes am by chance.   04-26-2006, 10:08 PM   #3 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 24,635 I think it's a cast fake. See the casting line around the outer edge ? __________________ knowledge ..... share it   04-27-2006, 12:23 AM   #4 (permalink) PyrotekNX Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 338 Quote: Originally Posted by CoinKid52 I've never heard of a silver indian head cent before...It may just be silver plated. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay, including shipping? $4.15 including insured shipping. There are other known off metal Indian Heads, but they are quite rare. Doesn't look like a cast fake to me, I will do a ring test and weigh it to confirm. It could be plated, who knows.   04-28-2006, 05:33 PM   #5 (permalink) PyrotekNX Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 338 I just received the coin today and confirmed that it is silver plated.   04-28-2006, 10:32 PM   #6 (permalink) Just Carl Numismatist   Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,134 Silver? What makes you think it is Silver plated. More than likely it is Zinc, Tin or Aluminum. Also, the grade would indicate not a great deal. As usual, keep away from ebay.   04-29-2006, 09:39 AM   #7 (permalink) PyrotekNX Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 338 Quote: Originally Posted by Just Carl Silver? What makes you think it is Silver plated. More than likely it is Zinc, Tin or Aluminum. Also, the grade would indicate not a great deal. As usual, keep away from ebay. It is a silver plated Indian Head cent. I thought it could have been an off-metal one so I bought it. I knew what the risks were and I didn't lose much. eBay isn't all that bad, I rarely get anything off there unless it's a good deal.   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « 1952 Wheat Penny Error? | Clad quarter » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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