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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1202106, member: 19423&quot;]I&#039;m not as familiar with the 1909 gold coins as I am the copper, nickel and silver... but the mintmark position on yours seems off a bit to me. Here&#039;s my 1909-D for comparison:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1909Dhalfeagle.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your mintmark is placed significantly higher so that would concern me a bit if I were trying to authenticate this coin and I&#039;d be searching for certified examples with similar placement of the mintmark before I was comfortable with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, the coin appears to have some minor wear on the eagle&#039;s breast and on the headress on the obverse. Also, since the mintmark is the only part of the coin raised above the fields, the mintmark itself wears away very quickly... your &quot;D&quot; looks worn and almost filled in. Again, it&#039;s either wear or an added mintmark or just a counterfeit. If genuine, these are very tough coins to grade but I&#039;d give this one an AU53.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add that I did look at some other certified 1909-D $5 Indians and saw a few examples with mintmark placements as high up as the OP&#039;s coin so I&#039;m less concerned about it being altered or counterfeit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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