1898 Indian Head Proof?

Is this a proof? Either way, what's it worth? Thanks!

 

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I hope it wasn't you who cleaned it

 

It was not.

 

Not a proof and you couldn't buy yourself a candy bar with it. Cleaned.

 

that's a shame. maybe worth $1.00 now after the harsh cleaning.. maybe. is this pictures of two different coins? top one in the holder looks rainbow toned and actually pleasing, but the ones on the bottom are a train wreck.

 

It's proof....proof that some people still don't know what the heck they're doing to coins! You have a nice 122 yr old "pocket piece" now...cool to look at the artistry but essentially worthless. How did you acquire this piece?

 

Definitely two separate coins.

 

Both pictures are the same coin I can tell by the small carbon spots seen on the pictures. Unfortunately, that's another coin that fell pray to someone trying to make it look "better". Sad, I'd toss it back into circulation or give it to some kid to peak their interest. Over the years I've slipped a number of low grade Indian cents back into circulation with the hope that some kid gets it.

 

That's a shame about the harsh cleaning.

 

They are the same coin. It came from my grandfather's collection.

 

Worth one cent, has one of the harshest cleanings ever! Someone wire brushed it to smithereens! better luck next time!

 

I'm a painter and I could have done a more delicate job with a wire brush. So sorry for your coin vtvick.

 

What's done is done but are you still sure it wasn't you? It's kind of funny you have before and after pictures if it came from your grandfather's collection...

 

Change the date to 1098 and you can clean it all you want but now days the glare hurt the eyes so it's not allowed duh... Nice coin cleaned or not I like it!

 

What a shame. The first photos seem to show a very nice coin, but the second photos show a harshly cleaned cent that is now and forever damaged. How did that happen, between photos?

 

I'd cry if that were my coin. Somebody scraped at least $100 off that Indian. Spending it would be the kind thing to do. Eventually, if cents continue to circulate in this country and if it doesn't just go into someone's penny jar, it might get enough wear to no longer look cleaned, say about at a Good level, at which point it might rise to be worth a dollar.

 

That’s why some of the best advice in these parts is don’t clean coins.

 

Asking the real question

 

Definitely worth a LOT more in the first picture than in the second.

 

Actually it is a very nice coin showing full LIBERTY and 4 diamonds. It is a shame that someone cleaned it harshly. Perhaps circulation could erase some of the damage.