Indian Head Key Date? (Updated Picture)

[pjroo33]

Today I went to a home built in 1830 and the finds were few and far between. I think the property was previously detected. The only coin worth mentioning was the Indian head I found about an hour in. It was at about 6-8 inches. Maybe the last person there just looked over it or they didn't have a Sovereign GT and couldn't see that deep The condition looked bleak. I could tell the back of the coin was an IH but could not see any detail on the front of the coin. Well after a hot peroxide bath, the coin came out much better than I could have hoped. In fact, it's the best condition IH I've found to date. It's an 1872! I think this might be considered a "key date". Maybe someone on this board could verify whether it is "key" or not.

Also could anybody give me an idea of the grade of the coin?

Thanks for looking!

 

[Mr. Cotta]

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Do you think it might be worth sending it in and having it graded?

Looks like no one has replied to this. YES! This key date Indian is definitely worth sending in. Don't even bother with PCGS or NGC - would most likely come back in a body bag. Send it right in to ANACS. They will grade it no matter what. I'm guessing at least a VF-20, maybe EF. Definitely worth having it graded. Great find, BTW! If I wasn't in Mongolia for the rest of the year, I'd be back in the States looking for coins like this!

 

[Admiral de Salee]

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Ditto to what creeper said. Mine is worn to the point where the 1 is hardly visible.
Outstanding coin!

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

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Do you think it might be worth sending it in and having it graded?

Looks like no one has replied to this. YES! This key date Indian is definitely worth sending in. Don't even bother with PCGS or NGC - would most likely come back in a body bag. Send it right in to ANACS. They will grade it no matter what. I'm guessing at least a VF-20, maybe EF. Definitely worth having it graded. Great find, BTW! If I wasn't in Mongolia for the rest of the year, I'd be back in the States looking for coins like this!

Have to agree, DO NOT send to PCGS or NGC, they WILL body bag anything dug (environmental damage). Send it to ANACS, they will grade dug coins, cleaned coins (I have a cleaned 1916 SLQ they slabbed and put the word cleaned on the slab), errors, etc. Your coin would (based on the obverse) grade XF - AU, but due to being dug they would give it a minimum overall grade of VF, maybe even an XF.

 

[pjroo33]

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How much does ANACS charge to grade a coin. Also... Are they looked at as a reputable company as far as grading quality goes?

 

[Goes4ever]

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How much does ANACS charge to grade a coin. Also... Are they looked at as a reputable company as far as grading quality goes?

check here

http://www.anacs.com/contentPages/FAQMain.aspx

 

[allen]

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that indian sure is a beauty...

 

[cam9457]

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Aaron do you have any shots of the reverse? it is an awesome coin!

 

[dgaughan]

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sweet find fantastic condition congrats

 

[Dirt Dobber]

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Ditto what cam9457 said. Also I think I've heard that ANACS is a third tierd grading company but if the first two won't grade it, sorta pushes them to the first tier. D.D.

 

[pjroo33]

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Aaron do you have any shots of the reverse? it is an awesome coin!

I do have a picture of the reverse. I'll post it tonight.

 

[Old Fart in TN]

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WOW, nice find no indians for me yet!

 

[pjroo33]

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WOW, nice find no indians for me yet!

Thanks... I'm sure it is only a matter of time before you get your first Indian Head. I see you have a Minelab in your arsenal, so you should be getting nice depth. Good Luck!

 

[hogge]

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EF-AU grade. WOWEE! Would like to see the back to determine if it is the "shallow" "N" variety. (if you could)

 

[BuckleBoy]

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Excellent, Excellent Coin!!!


Make sure you give it a distilled water soak for a good while after that peroxide! Once it's slabbed--if you go that route--there is no turning back for getting the peroxide off of it.


That's a Fantastic Find! Hard to get IH's from the 1870's--I've only found a few--and rarely in that condition.



-Buckleboy

 

[pjroo33]

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EF-AU grade. WOWEE! Would like to see the back to determine if it is the "shallow" "N" variety. (if you could)

It does have a "shallow N". Can you tell me what this means in terms of value? I will post a picture tonight.

 

[civilman1]

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She's a Beaut PJ.....I thought my 65' was in great shape,this one does circle's around.....Congrat's and HH!!

 

[hogge]

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Shallow "N" in CENT is scarce. I would add 25%-30% + to value of the final grade. This find, in my opinion, deserves the BANNER!

 

[pjroo33]

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Here is another picture of the front and a shot of the reverse. Can you tell me if this looks like the "Shallow N" variety?

 

[cam9457]

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Wow, that came out incredible! The detail is amazing. It's crazy knowing it came out of the ground!

 

[BuckleBoy]

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This one looks certainly like the Shallow N variety to me.  The difference between the underside of the N in "One" and the N in "Cent" is pretty bold--and I'd say that the difference would be more pronounced with the photo taken dead-on in a well-lit environment.  I would imagine that this variety is more difficult to distinguish on more heavily circulated examples.

I'm curious to see what the other coin gurus have to say...


Regards,


Buckleboy