Flying Eagle / Indian Cents in old Album Pages

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  1. canudigit

    canudigit Active Member

    Hi all - I'm new here and just a casual collector. I am trying to help a friend with a very interesting inherited collection. While this also consists of various unslabbed gold and silver right now I am working on this fantastic set of early small cents. The goal is to eventually sell but I have many questions. The vast majority I believe are MS grade with several higher grade proofs as well. This consists of 3 full pages from an old Wayte Raymond album, and these have not seen the light of day for many many decades. My question to the experts here is should these stay as is and sell as a collection? Should they be taken out? Should they be graded/slabbed individually? ANY advise here on how to best handle these would be welcomed. THANKS!
     

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  3. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    You definitely should take them OUT and individually examine each for any damage, or old cleanings.

    Certain coins could be worth a LOT in MS grades. For example, the 1909-S Indian cent sells for $1000-$3000 in a PCGS holder (dependent on grade).

    You could sell everything as a set, but you would likely get more parting them out, grading the super valuable ones like the 1909-S, and selling individually
     
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  4. gronnh20

    gronnh20 Well-Known Member

    Break the set apart. Research each coin, because you could have some 4 figure coins in there.
     
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  5. Joe Campbell

    Joe Campbell Well-Known Member

    There appear to be some extremely nice and valuable coins shown. Many of these should be graded. By far your largest financial gain will come from selling these individually. This is a really nice collection.
     
  6. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Once you break them out, please start posting pics here!!! I think I can speak for most of us here when I say that we're all looking forward to these gems
     
  7. Incharge

    Incharge Active Member

    1877 sells for a nice price also
     
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  8. David Betts

    David Betts Elle Mae Clampett cruising with Dad

    Yes definitely break them out and look over for some real gems! Quick look I'm drooling over 1856 Flying Eagle and 1857 & 1877 Indian ! Damn nice inheritance!!!!
    Grading Account in your very near future!
     
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  9. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Old Wayte Raymond album.......this must be one old collection. Most of the coins look to be in decent shape.
     
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  10. David Betts

    David Betts Elle Mae Clampett cruising with Dad

    Wait till Paddy weigh's in on these!!! No solid food tonight!
     
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  11. Incharge

    Incharge Active Member

    IF THAT IS AN 1856 FLYING EAGLE, CENT IN GOOD IS 7000.00 MS60 20,000.00 MS 65 31,000.00

    A VERY NICE COLLECTION
     
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  12. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Can we see a close up of the 1856?
     
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  13. Incharge

    Incharge Active Member

    BE COOL TO SEE ALL OF THE COINS, CLOSE UP
     
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  14. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Stop shouting at me.
     
  15. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    i'll whisper at you then
     
  16. canudigit

    canudigit Active Member

    Well I'm certainly glad I decided to post my question(s) here! Thank you for the opening quick responses. I am dying to crack these out of these old cloudy scratched window albums and get a decent look - not to mention better protection for these was also a thought. I believe there are some awesome gems here, but am worried that some are being environmentally affected due to the cardboard and storage conditions (cellar for at least 60+ years) - yet thankfully most look yet unscathed. I will certainly be able to provide much better photos with maco shots when I get home from an away job I'm on (I took these with me as I've become obsessed with them!) - hence the crappy initial shots above from my iphone. The inherited owner thought they were nothing special and thank goodness she showed them to me. The gold is another story....one mega brain bomb at a time here! Yes, as mentioned above the rare dates are all here. Some will grade very high I believe.
     
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  17. Incharge

    Incharge Active Member

    Sorry, forgot i had caps on..
     
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  18. David Betts

    David Betts Elle Mae Clampett cruising with Dad

    After looking those babies over CBD isn't going to cut I'm stepping up tonight and really starting to look! Probably the best cents collection I've seen on this site!
    You may want to fill out a heritage RFQ and sit down in person!! Thanks!!https://www.ha.com/
     
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  19. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    I'd be drooling if I were in your shoes right now. If they are all genuine and those are actually proofs that are labeled as such, it would be the highlight of my life helping this person.
     
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  20. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    That's a good point, this seems like an excellent candidate at a top auction house. Sometimes, they'll even take care of the grading process for you if you pledge to sell with their house.
     
  21. Mainebill

    Mainebill Bethany Danielle

    Wow. Just wow. That looks like a wonderful high grade old time collection if not cleaned send ALL to pcgs. Even the more common dates see where they grade and go from there. I can’t tell from the pics but there could be some amazing examples in there. Even a common date if it starts grading closer to top pop will bring some dough. The 56 the 77 09-s 64-l and a lot of the tougher dates in the 60s and 70s are the money but even the more available dates will make it well worth the grading fees you can always send them economy. I’d LOVE TO see this group in hand
     
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