Is my 1877 Indian head penny real?

I am in a financial bind and my husband has been building a coin collection since before we got married.
That's been 10 years ago. He has a lot of very nice coins ( mainly all Indian head penny's ). He also does a
lot of metal detecting any chance he has a free moment. I would like advice on rather or not this in particular coin is real or fake. I'm new to all this and scared to death of making a wrong choice. Thank you in advance!

 

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how much did he pay for it?

 

i would be suspicious of it because a key date like that needs to be authenticated my a third party grader as well as any high end key date. it will sell much easier if it is graded and it will sell for more money

 

its fake
look at the 2nd 7 its diff at the bottom

 

i also noticed the N in ONE is not shallow like the business stirkes are supposed to be it may be the photos though.

 

This one he found metal detecting. That's was I'm so suspicious of it. The ones I've
purchased as gifts for him on eBay I've spent upward of a thousand dollars. I've tried
researching this thing but I still just can't tell. I have just read that there are a lot of
altered coins out there and I don't want to list it for something it's not.

 

ask him this was it dirty when he found it

 

he found it metal detecting in that condition?? i would send it in for authenticating its the only way to truely tell especially with something as rare as this key date

 

Finding that rare of date Indian in that condition, with that luster, metal detecting is very suspicious

 

i agree still send it in

 

It was covered in mud. Everything he digs is. I bought him a metal detector 4 years
ago and he's been addicted to it every since. We have all kind of neat finds, old
watches, rings, necklaces, coins ( mainly all newer )

 

hmmmmm?

 

Where should I send it?

 

Do you have any local coin shops near you ?

 

to either anacs pcgs or ngc
if you are doing it with the intention of selling pcgs and ngc graded coins sell for more usually
anacs is a good company but they ar ebelieved to over grade coins so they usually sell for less than the same coin in ngc or a pcgs slab.
anacs is the cheapest of the 3

 

The "N" in United looks pitted, appears to be an extra "S" or something after "States" and the first leg of the "M" in "America" looks to be missing. Also the one Diamond looks a bit on the strange side. I'm going with "A Pretty Decent Fake", but I'm not the expert by any means.

 

Thank you so much for the info. I appreciate it.

 

Where is your husband? Since this is his coin, should he not be the one asking?

 

Most grading companies require a year membership at one of their different tier levels and a minimum of 5 coins submitted at one time.

Any local dealers may submit one coin for a fee with others that they are sending in.

NGC Link > http://www.ngccoin.com/services/services.aspx

 

I wouldn't waste my money trying to have it certified... The entire date looks fake, all of the numbers touch each other... take a look at this certified example... http://www.ebay.com/itm/1877-Indian-Head-Cent-PCGS-MS-64-Red-Brown-/180965004567?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2a225ad517

coin might be real but the date looks fake to me...