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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4765103, member: 10461&quot;]The 1859-64 Indian cents were struck in copper-nickel and are thicker than the bronze ones struck from the latter half of 1864 until 1909.&nbsp; They&#039;re a different subtype.&nbsp; That one is, unfortunately, rather messed up (and it&#039;s a common date anyway), but hey- it could have been shiny and new in Abe Lincoln&#039;s pocket when he gave the Gettysburg Address, right?&nbsp; The other one is common and cleaned.&nbsp; Neither Indian cent is worth much monetarily, but still have some conversational/historic appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gold is definitely worth having graded, since having it certified will bring more potential buyers when it&#039;s time to sell.&nbsp; But that&#039;s really up to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=101226]@Bradley Trotter[/USER] mentioned, the 1955 Mexican 5-pesos coin is a <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/mexico-estados-unidos-mexicanos-5-pesos-km-464-1905-1955-cuid-1116529-duid-1418831" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/mexico-estados-unidos-mexicanos-5-pesos-km-464-1905-1955-cuid-1116529-duid-1418831" rel="nofollow">restrike</a>.&nbsp; In other words, they kept on striking &quot;1955&quot; dated coins up into the 21st century, though the new ones do still have the same amount of gold as the originals.&nbsp; So it doesn&#039;t really have much premium over its spot (bullion) value, but given that you have nearly $240 worth of gold there at present prices, its spot price alone is sufficient to make it worth submitting, perhaps.</p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">*PS- take the MS60 pricing on the page I linked to for the Mexican coin with an </font><i><font size="3">enormous</font></i><font size="3"> grain of salt.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably an outright error.&nbsp; Figure the coin as being worth no more than spot value.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="http://www.numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/cgi/coinprice.cgi?script=wshqtr&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=14210200&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms&amp;proof=&amp;plus=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/rarecoinprices/cgi/coinprice.cgi?script=wshqtr&amp;searchtype=any&amp;searchtext=fmv&amp;search=any&amp;nmcode=14210200&amp;guide=prices&amp;guide2=pricesms&amp;proof=&amp;plus=" rel="nofollow">1932-S quarter</a> looks nice and that is a better date.&nbsp; I&#039;d say it is worth submitting as well.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure whether it has been cleaned or not, but it&#039;s worth a shot.&nbsp; That&#039;s a really ancient 2x2 holder it&#039;s in.&nbsp; Those old square-window 2x2s were a 1960s thing, I believe.&nbsp; The holder itself is at least 50 years old.&nbsp; The coin looks to have details that put it in the AU grade range, which puts it into the upper $100s to low $200s, pricewise, IF it is authentic and hasn&#039;t been cleaned or otherwise tampered with.&nbsp; As [USER=78298]@Michael K[/USER] mentioned, the possibility of someone having stuck on a fake &quot;S&quot; mintmark is something to watch out for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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