Grading an 2.5 $ Indian

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  1. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    Both sets of images are of the same coin. You just need to find features in common.
     
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  3. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    All pictures are of the Same Coin....promised.
    One pair taken with sunlight, the other pair with a halogen light.

    I don‘t want to drool the Forum.
     
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  4. Robert Ransom

    Robert Ransom Well-Known Member

    There is nothing like having the coin in-hand and this proves it.
     
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  5. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Amazing the difference light can make on a coin.
     
  6. chascat

    chascat Well-Known Member

    I'm in the 62 range, but I have no experience with these.
     
  7. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    I have the coin in hand and see a solid MS63.
    Most of you not.
    I will send this Indian to NGC and show you the results the other day.
    Thanks for your Input and I wish you all the best.:happy:
     
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  8. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Sounds good. I would love to know as this series is really great.
     
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  9. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    MS-63 to 64.

    It’s better than lower end Unc., but not a Gem 65 or better.
     
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  10. Jim Dale

    Jim Dale Well-Known Member

    I bought an 1895 Eagle for $675 in 2009. It was raw. I hadn't been collecting a lot back then. A friend of mine suggested that if I wanted a gold coin to go to a independent dealer that he had dealt with for a while. I bought two gold coins. The other coin was a 1904 Double Eagle Liberty Variety 2 for $1,275. It's been a while, but I bought them. I told him I would like to have them graded. He told me he was going to a show that weekend and he could probably get it graded cheaper if he took the coins with him. It took a while, but when I got them back the Double Eagle came back "detailed - Obverse scratched and the Eagle was graded MS-61. I don't fault the dealer. If I recall (I'm 73 and memory is sketchy at times, so my wife says.) He said he could probably get my money back, but I decided to keep them for many reasons. One is, that I learned from my purchase and grading and the other is the grading. No dealer is perfect in grading a coin. If you want your coin graded, send it to a NGC or PCGS or one of the lessor known grading companies.
     
  11. mike estes

    mike estes Well-Known Member

    hey @Rheingold I'm gonna say MS64, great looking coin which ever the grade. good luck to ya man
     
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  12. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    Thank you, Mike:)
     
  13. tcore

    tcore Coin Collector

    I agree with 62, but it might hit 63. Hard to tell without looking at it in-hand.
     
  14. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    As promised I tell you the grade from NGC.
    It‘s a MS63 and freshly graded. Pics will follow.
     
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  15. Rheingold

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  16. Mainebill

    Mainebill Bethany Danielle

    Very nice. Luster bomb but some marks. I was at 62 myself
     
  17. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    I like the black slab.
     
  18. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Gold goes good with black :)
     
  19. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    Some Information from the grading process:

    NGC gave this coin at first glance an MS64 grade.
    Well, the finalizer catched it and so it‘s a 63.
    But it‘s ok. ;)
     
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