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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 08-16-2009, 04:12 PM   #1 (permalink) claycad Junior Member   Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 25 1883 Liberty Head Half Eagle Gold Five Dollar I'm spending the week at my moms and we started going through all the junk in the attic, got lucky and found this 1883 $5 Half Eagle. My Red and Blue books aren't with me so was looking for an idea of the value. For being found in a box of junk it is in amazing condition. I found an uncirculated one on ebay with a current bid of $335. I guessing the mint is P since I can't find a mintmark on it. Given the condition of this one what would the Red/Blue book value on it be? Thanks.   08-16-2009, 04:28 PM   #2 (permalink) pete1970 Coin Collector     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 222 sweet !!!.I wish I could find some of that junk!!   08-16-2009, 04:51 PM   #3 (permalink) johnny54321 aspiring numismatist     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Edwards, CA Posts: 1,123 My Mood: Nice find! It looks genuine and EF-40 or so in grade; maybe 45. Given the title of the thread, I was half expecting to find a racketeer nickel..lol, but this is the real deal.   08-16-2009, 06:34 PM   #4 (permalink) claycad Junior Member   Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 25 Quote: Originally Posted by pete1970 sweet !!!.I wish I could find some of that junk!! This is pretty much the only thing we've found that isn't actually junk. We'll we also found a butter churn that might be worth a couple hundred. But other than that and the coin, just worthless junk so far except for a few things of sentimental value. We're not even half way done shifting through it so hopfully I'll find some more gems.   08-16-2009, 06:39 PM   #5 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,344 My Mood: I would agree with Johnny and say the EF40 is a fit grade for the coin. The coin, if in that grade, assuming it is original, based on the scans, is worth around $370 on numismedia's wholesale pricing. I would suggest going through ebay, and trying to find one similar in the completed listings, or going through heritage's completed listings, and finding one in EF40 and see what the going price is, so you can see where the market for these coins are. __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) http://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com/   08-16-2009, 06:42 PM   #6 (permalink) rzage What Goes Around Comes A     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,447 My Mood: Great find , going by the condition , I'd say around $300 . That's some junk find , I hope it was at least wrapped up in something . rzage __________________ Instant Karmas gonna Get you:John Lennon ANA member #R3146234   08-16-2009, 07:31 PM   #7 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,673 It looks like an XF45 to me and should be worth about $300.   08-16-2009, 07:57 PM   #8 (permalink) chip chip   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 584 Blog Entries: 14 the 1965 redbook has it listed at 32.50 uncirculated, 25 VF, so anywhere from 250 to 300 sounds about right. __________________ E Pluribus FUN!   08-16-2009, 08:00 PM   #9 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,344 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by chip the 1965 redbook has it listed at 32.50 uncirculated, 25 VF, so anywhere from 250 to 300 sounds about right. Don't know if the 1965 redbook is really all that relevant in this situation. LOL __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) http://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com/   08-17-2009, 07:13 AM   #10 (permalink) Ripley Senior Member     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: California Posts: 770 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 I would love to help you clean out your attic. I have a feeling, you just might find the Holy Grail up there. Happy for ya. Traci P.S. be very careful of what you toss out, some junk might very well be some valuable antiques. Last edited by Ripley; 08-17-2009 at 07:16 AM.   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. 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