Stab in the dark...???1888/7 IHC???

lbinc

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Just won this Indian Head Cent. Many bids on it. The pictures are attached is one taken with the flash one taken without. Is it the Holy Grail? I figure this damn variety is so hard to identify, who knows? Thanks for looking, just living the dream.

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lbinc

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This is the entire picture that made me buy the coin. Thought I would throw it up before someone asks.

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I don't see it...looks like a clean 88... nice coin though
 

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I can't say much about the full coin pic as a better close-up is needed! However, from viewing specific marks, scratches, dents and dirt from the 1st and 2nd pics to the coin in the 3rd pic, I believe that they are different coins. I could be wrong but while identical in Date, they just don't look the same.


Frank

Corrected as I left out "look" in the last sentence.
 

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I can't say much about the full coin pic as a better close-up is needed! However, from viewing specific marks, scratches, dents and dirt from the 1st and 2nd pics to the coin in the 3rd pic, I believe that they are different coins. I could be wrong but while identical in Date, they just don't the same.
Frank

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Thanks! If I was correct in my assessment, it was not due to a mixup mistake by the Seller! I checked the Auction on eBay and found this Seller did not sell any other 1888 Indian Head Cents in a reasonable time frame where a mixup mistake could have occurred nor has this Seller listed any 1888 "Dated" Indian Head Cents since. The previous 1888 "Dated" IHC that this Seller sold prior to the O.P.'s coin was on December 26, 2013 and it was in no where the condition as the O.P.'s purchased coin. While I suspect what happened, I can't be for sure as I was not the purchaser of the coin and do not have the coin in hand, so I will make no accusations against this Seller.


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Hello Frank! Sorry I had to check out of Internet world for awhile. I check back in to see that is there a bit of drama going on with this coin that I just purchased from eBay. Let me put up the pictures that are actually from eBay. OK, now Frank give the dish, my curiosity can't stand it...

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Hello Frank! Sorry I had to check out of Internet world for awhile. I check back in to see that is there a bit of drama going on with this coin that I just purchased from eBay. Let me put up the pictures that are actually from eBay. OK, now Frank give the dish, my curiosity can't stand it...

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I still say that the coin in the pics from eBay appears to not be the same coin that is shown in pics #1 and #2 at the top of the Thread. Like I stated in the PM, I also cannot determine whether the coin in the pics from eBay is an 1888/7 Overdate Variety. I would have to study the diagnostics and characteristics of the Die used extensively as well as the coin in question to make a possible determination and I don't have the reference books to do so.


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This is the actual coin I have in hand. Mind you that I carefully removed some build up to get a good look but this is the same coin that came out of the flip that I saw on eBay.

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Back of the coin realtime. I'm now comparing the 2 reverses.

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Again, I could be wrong but I still believe that they are not the same coins. Compare the denticles on the Obverse of both coins as the denticles never lie. Unless it is an optical illusion, the denticles on the coin in the latest pic are much larger than the coin that sold on eBay.


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Because of the scope of this. I'm going to just go ahead and post the front and back eBay pictures. (2) The coin after I popped it out of the flip and took care of the gunk with a good coin oil then took (3) negative shots of the coin. From what I can see with my hairy eyeball from the dents in her neck, the eBay coin and the coin I have are one and the same.

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This is the final picture of the night. A black and white overlay of a PCGS Snow 1 variety 1888 over 7. Over a blue negative of my coin that I took a picture of on my desk.

Thank you all and goodnight! (graceful bow)

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I just have something to add to this. There is no such thing as a "good coin oil". Get some pure acetone and then conserve it with a product called verdicare.
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Thanks for the info. I'll grab some next time I go to my local coin shop.

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