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Message:: [QUOTE="Collect89, post: 739063, member: 15445"]A few years ago we were taking a grading class and the instructors threw an entire collection of $2.50 Indian gold coins at us.  Our job was to guess the grade of each coin.  With the coin in hand & with good uniform lighting & conditions, you would think that some of us would get close to at least some of the coin grades.  It was pathetic.  Some people were guessing MS66 and others were guessing EF40.  On the next coin, the opinions would flip flop from genuine to counterfeit.  In the end, we were shown that every one of the $2.50 Indian coins was genuine and in a slab labeled AU (and we were guessing everything from fake to 66).  It was punishment & the instructors really put us in our place.  I swore that I would never buy a raw $2.50 Indian. Here is my new $2.50 Indian.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It is in a PCGS slab and I will tell you that it is graded as a normal (problem-free) coin.  Care to guess the grade?  If you are like me with these Indians, then you have about a 1 in 10 chance of getting it right. <img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/1915GoldIndianCollage.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> I know that a couple of you are really good with this $2.50 Indian series.  I apologize for my photos in advance. Very best regards,collect89 BTW, the instructors that day were Bill, Cameron, Jerry, and Tom.  I think all the Indians belonged to Chet.[/QUOTE]

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