Hello all, First post here. I'll admit being a novice but want to learn. My wife had these sitting in a box for years and we decided to get a fix on whether they were even real. If so, what ballpark value might they be considering condition and today's market. Thanks in advance.
Hello, welcome to coin talk, there are quite a few posters on the site who are very knowledgable about gold coins, I am sure some will post on it soon.
If they are real then they are worth $1,000 or more combined. Do not clean them in any manner or you will lose money.
First, those are gold coins. The top one is a $10 gold, the bottom is a $5 gold Indian. Second, to get a value on them and authenticated, you can find a dealer in your area to give you an idea on value. One of our members, Krispy, is quite knowledgeable on gold coins.
I will be interested in the replies from the cognoscenti, especially when I look at the photos I have some questions about the surface seeming to be grainy, and the rims seeming to have some irregular surfaces. But gold is soft stuff so that may be typical.
the top picture is a 5 dollar gold liberty obverse, the 2nd picture is a 10 dollar gold indian reverse, the 3rd picture is a 10 dollar gold indian obverse and the last picture is a 5 dollar gold liberty reverse.
Sorry gang. I obviously didn't place them in the correct order. I will try to edit them correctly. Very observant Chip. These coins were placed in gold frames/brackets to be worn as a necklace pendant many years ago by my wifes grandfather. We recently removed them.
WELCOME TO THE FORUMMMMMMMMMMMM. With Gold at well over $1,000/ounce, those are sort of on the expensive side for Gold alone. They should really be authenticated just to make sure they are not fakes but if as you say you had them for many years, probably real. You have to remember that at one time an ounce of Gold was low enough to make a $10 Gold coin worth $10.
And they show it. The coins will be worth the gold value but not much more because they were mounted in jewelry.
