Nice. Maybe ex-jewelry- it's hard to say from the pics, but Indian gold is nice to have, regardless. The first thing to do is come up with an approximate grade for your coin. These Pratt Indians are trickier, since the design is incuse (sunken below the fields of the coin). (More stuff for you to bookmark, below...) Here's the PCGS/Photograde chart. Keep scrolling to the left to look at the lower grades. Your coin is circulated, so it won't be in one of the MS grades. https://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/2.5Ind/Grades Next, for a ballpark (retail) value estimate, here's the Numismedia page on $2.50 Indians. http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/prices/2hfind/pricesgd.shtml Or the page for the 1914-D, specifically.
I'd guesstimate this coin at at least XF40 details, personally. Maybe XF45. (Mind you, Pratt Indian coinage is not my strong suit at all.)
I dropped this and the 1925-D into my spreadsheet at $450 each. Really starting a coin inventory along with updating insurance shortly. The photos are also a plus.
It's tricky with photographs. Here's the gold I posted with only hazy Texas daylight (plus a high mileage $5 Liberty). On the $2.5 above, I see your point if you are referring to the 'ring' just inside the circumference that cuts through LIBERTY. I can see that on similar coins in the wild (internet), but not on the PCGS photos. In any case, it's a nice little stash mom (and grand mom) left.
Very fair estimate. And on a date like this there is a very minimal difference in the value between grades until you reach the very high mint state grades. The Graysheet shows it at $523.00 in XF40 to $558.00 in AU58.
Sorry to post again in your thread…. You questioned whether it has been cleaned. It has not been polished to death like many of these are. Frankly, I do not see any outward evidence of polishing…… But… These little quarter eagles adorned a whole lot of ladies bangle bracelets over the years. These Indians are difficult to judge with their incuse design. I pulled several out of my safe to check… I do not see a rim device around mine and I wonder if the ring around the outside of your coin may be evidence of a previous life encased in some jewelry…… Either way, that isn’t a big deal on these pieces. It is still easily a $500.00 coin.
That ring around the rim does indeed look like the marks left by some kinds of jewelry bezels. And if it’s ex-jewelry, that’s going to negatively affect the coin’s numismatic value, though not its bullion value, obviously.
Thanks. I can know they were in the parents safe for 40 years, beyond that I don't even know how the grandparents would have acquired them.
As a funny and mildly disturbing aside….. I had to get my 15X magnifier out to study my little Indians so I could respond… Dang this getting old thing is tough!
A nice looking 1914-D gold coin. Gold doesn’t tone like silver does. It will tone but it’s quite different. It does not look like it had been polished on cleaned to me but I’m looking at photos.
