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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gmarguli, post: 143797, member: 246&quot;]I&#039;ve been lucky to handle a couple dozen toned proof Indians over the past few years. Almost all of them I submitted to NGC and most graded PF65-PF67. There is no way the coin pictured would upgrade to PF66 at NGC. While NGC is a tiny bit looser on toned Indians (i.e. they take into account the eye appeal a little more than PCGS), the spots on the reverse would keep it out of a PF66 slab almost certainly. In fact, it&#039;s probably lucky to be in a PF65 slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, not to pee in your corn flakes, but... Personally, I don&#039;t care for the coin. The spots are major distractions and the color, while nice, can be found a lot better and fuller. I&#039;d rather have a coin that was toned more than this. Just my personal preference...</p><p><br /></p><p>The prices for them have really gone up over the past year. However, the strong buyers of these look for a combination of color and quality. This coin lacks both. The color is not going to be as electric in person and the reverse spots are a killer. The reverse also lacks a lot of color. BTW, this is one of the more common date Indians that are found with color. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for your bid, my guess is this coin should sell in the low $525 area, but you never know with eBay. That&#039;s about what I would have priced it at. A solid PF65 with much better color of this date is probably a $700-$850 coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I&#039;d rather have either of the following coins than the one you&#039;re looking at:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ih=006&amp;item=160007641192" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ih=006&amp;item=160007641192" rel="nofollow">PURPLE BLUE TONED PROOF 1888 Indian Cent NGC PF 64 RB</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ih=013&amp;item=230005584943" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ih=013&amp;item=230005584943" rel="nofollow">1887 NGC PF65RB Colorful Toned Indian 1c</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Both those sellers have more toned Indians listed right now. I&#039;ve done business with both sellers and you can fully trust them. One might even be a member here?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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