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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 07-06-2009, 06:13 PM   #1 (permalink) halpeters Senior Member   Join Date: May 2009 Location: NW Houston Posts: 108 My Mood: found in parents Safe Deposit box Found the following coins my parents safe deposit box. Also found some paper money, posted those pictures in the paper money forum. Anyone help with information on the gold coin?   07-06-2009, 06:34 PM   #2 (permalink) krispy krispy     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,591 My Mood: This will help get you started... 1909 $10 "Indian head" Gold Eagle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_%...States_coin%29 Designed by: Augustus Saint-Gaudens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Saint_Gaudens ALSO, Is that black dot on the obverse (face) side on the coin or just on the holder? __________________   07-06-2009, 06:36 PM   #3 (permalink) TheNoost huldufolk     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,281 My Mood: no date buffalos can get $1 each. I would guess $650-$750 on the gold, just a guess though. On the silver, maybe check the dates against a redbook and post clear pics of the lower mintage coins. __________________   07-06-2009, 07:00 PM   #4 (permalink) illini420 1909 Collector     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Calabasas, CA Posts: 1,088 My Mood: [quote=krispy;632851] 1909 $10 "Indian head" Gold Eagle: quote] Looks to be a 1909-D Eagle, which is a bit less common and generally worth a little more than a 1909 in most grades. If you melted the Eagle (don't do it), it's worth around $450 in gold. To a collector, depending on the spotting and the grade, it could have a premium of a few hundred more maybe. __________________ My 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set http://tinyurl.com/bbzy8y My 1909 Mint Registry Set http://tinyurl.com/dj7nbg   07-06-2009, 07:05 PM   #5 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,668 Thankfully, the 1909-D $10 Indian looks to genuine, AU (almost uncirculated) and probably worth $600-$650.   07-06-2009, 10:57 PM   #6 (permalink) halpeters Senior Member   Join Date: May 2009 Location: NW Houston Posts: 108 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by krispy This will help get you started... 1909 $10 "Indian head" Gold Eagle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_%...States_coin%29 Designed by: Augustus Saint-Gaudens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Saint_Gaudens ALSO, Is that black dot on the obverse (face) side on the coin or just on the holder? Looks to be a very shallow hole in the coin   07-06-2009, 11:14 PM   #7 (permalink) Rollhunter1994 Member     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Corona, CA Posts: 73 Quote: Originally Posted by TheNoost no date buffalos can get $1 each. Really? I got a roll of dateless Buffalo Nickels for $6.5 dollars a few weeks ago.   07-06-2009, 11:16 PM   #8 (permalink) krispy krispy     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,591 My Mood: thought that too initially, but then had hope it was just something stuck to the outside of the holder creating a shadow or worse, lodge between the holder and coin. not sure what would make a mark like a shallow hole, but no real evidence that it deformed the reverse or went through, yet there are other dark copper(?) like spots on the reverse that look like those spots that show up on these older gold coins. curious to hear what that spot might be. __________________   07-06-2009, 11:35 PM   #9 (permalink) halpeters Senior Member   Join Date: May 2009 Location: NW Houston Posts: 108 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by krispy thought that too initially, but then had hope it was just something stuck to the outside of the holder creating a shadow or worse, lodge between the holder and coin. not sure what would make a mark like a shallow hole, but no real evidence that it deformed the reverse or went through, yet there are other dark copper(?) like spots on the reverse that look like those spots that show up on these older gold coins. curious to hear what that spot might be. under a 10x loupe the hole in the front looks to be very shallow, on the back it looks to be just black spots, not sure what would cause the spots.   07-06-2009, 11:44 PM   #10 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,668 Quote: Originally Posted by krispy thought that too initially, but then had hope it was just something stuck to the outside of the holder creating a shadow or worse, lodge between the holder and coin. not sure what would make a mark like a shallow hole, but no real evidence that it deformed the reverse or went through, yet there are other dark copper(?) like spots on the reverse that look like those spots that show up on these older gold coins. curious to hear what that spot might be. The dark spots are probably copper spots/satins due to the impure alloy and are not particularly uncommon on older gold coins.   07-06-2009, 11:44 PM   #11 (permalink) illini420 1909 Collector     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Calabasas, CA Posts: 1,088 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by halpeters under a 10x loupe the hole in the front looks to be very shallow, on the back it looks to be just black spots, not sure what would cause the spots. Pure gold shouldn't spot up like that. But these coins are only 90% gold. They are also 10% copper which is definitely prone to spotting. Not that uncommon on a 100 year old gold coin. __________________ My 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set http://tinyurl.com/bbzy8y My 1909 Mint Registry Set http://tinyurl.com/dj7nbg   07-06-2009, 11:45 PM   #12 (permalink) TheNoost huldufolk     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,281 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Rollhunter1994 Really? I got a roll of dateless Buffalo Nickels for $6.5 dollars a few weeks ago. I see someone paying $1 ea for no date buffs in Coinage (I think)magazine from time to time. Has to be NO date though, partial dates are less. __________________   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. « HSN "What A Deal" | 187? 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