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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 572792, member: 2100&quot;]I am looking for some opinions as to the extent polishing of this cent affects its value. While I am not an avid collector of Indian Head cents, I have accumulated a nearly complete set of them over the years, and this is one of the few that I am missing. This one was supposed to be at an auction I attended some time back. I had recommended to the auctioneer (a friend of mine) that it be sent off for authentication, and it had not yet come back when everything else was sold. About a dozen people signed up as being interested in this coin when it was returned.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was sent off to NCS/NGC, and it came back as genuine, XF details, polished. I am interested in seeing what opinions those more knowledgeable than myself in this area would have regarding a fair market value. I am still interested in this coin even though it has obviously been polished. The reverse is very dark, as these coins were in an old homemade display case that used a cottony material as backing against the coins. Indications are that these coins were put in the case around 1902, and at some point were packed into a box and stored in an attic. </p><p><br /></p><p>Attached are some pics of an 1880 in similar condition from the same sale. I tried to take some quick pics, but the lighting was not good, so I apologize for the quality. While the polishing lines are easily visible, these pictures, especially of the obverse, seemed to greatly exaggerate them. In hand it does not look quite so bad. I was unable to come close to how the color appears, which was my goal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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