What opinions from the forum? Would it be worth sending this raw coin to NGC? Purchased as a VG8. Thanks for your thoughts!
Well I guess the reason to send it in is you want to verify it as NOT a counterfeit?. But it does not look like a fake from you pictures - Where"s @Insider?? Just wait for respondents opinions as at the condition of the coin, why spend more money grading it that you will probably ever get back if sent in and had to sell it? Also you never mentioned if you bought this or it was a cosign to sell
I don't agree with the VG8. Don't think it's a fake either. The "LIBERTY" isn't clean enough for the grade. Dings & pitted obverse. The reverse is worn a tad much for the grade. The S is the best part. IMO. I'm no expert. I do like the IHC's & have a handful. But a grader or expert I'm not.
Agreed. I'm not going to comment on surface originality via one single set of images from someone whose photography I'm unfamiliar with, but nothing really jumps out at me. Call it a $~300 coin in a PCGS slab.
The OP said he bought it at a VG8. You've seen mine Mark & my 1864. I've had offers for my 64 but want to keep it for now. It's super clean but not VG8., no scratches or dings in AU condition. Gonna have JTLEE photograph it for me?
Looks like a VG10 or F12 to my eye. Funny thing about these... check out the greysheet. It goes up like $10 per grade between F12 and VF35. (I dont remember the exact amounts... dont have a greysheet in front of me, but the jumps in price between grades are miniscule)!
I'm thinking it's worth $250-$300. The large image is hiding the nice look of the coin. This is one of those coins you send in when you have a group already going in.
I thought VG10 for a bit - there's more letters and diamonds than one would normally credit to VG8 - and decided to let the degree of wear in the shield change my mind.
Thanks everyone! BTW is this considered the best book to the series? Looks like it gives die variety descriptions and pictures. New edition coming out in a couple of weeks.
That's the Gold Standard. Rick Snow is the gentleman who has defined the IHC series varieties - they're called Snow Varieties, and he designates the new ones. Straight from the horse's mouth, this book is.
Personally, I tend to think that everything should be certified, it it's worth enough to justify the expense. This goes double for key coins, such as the 1909-S Indian head cent. My vote would be for VG10.
Mike, I with you 100%. In this day and age I'm suspect of a coin that has value (like this one) and is not TPG'ed.
