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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4552078, member: 101855"]According to the 1968 <u>Red Book</u>, the range was $70 to Good to $315 in Unc. In 1969, the numbers were $67.50 to $300. The prices for Indian Cents hit the skids in the late 1960s though the mid 1970s. I know because I lost my shirt on the set I built when I was in high school. The coins in the set ranged from Fine to Mint State. The 1877 was a Fine (today's VF-30) and the 1909-S was an EF.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Unc. price was for a brown or R&B Unc. coin. Mint State grading was not the hairsplitting affair that it is today. It was Brown, R&B, or Red. That was it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4552078, member: 101855"]According to the 1968 [U]Red Book[/U], the range was $70 to Good to $315 in Unc. In 1969, the numbers were $67.50 to $300. The prices for Indian Cents hit the skids in the late 1960s though the mid 1970s. I know because I lost my shirt on the set I built when I was in high school. The coins in the set ranged from Fine to Mint State. The 1877 was a Fine (today's VF-30) and the 1909-S was an EF. The Unc. price was for a brown or R&B Unc. coin. Mint State grading was not the hairsplitting affair that it is today. It was Brown, R&B, or Red. That was it.[/QUOTE]
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