Real One Dollar Indian Princess Coin?

Spartcom5

I have a chance to buy this coin ring. I am very interested but I just wanted to check if the coin looked real to everyone. The gold band that the coin is mounted on is from around 1890. Looks like it has been worn for quite sometime! Thanks!

abcde12345

I vote it is real.

PerryHall

In that condition, no reputable grading service would pass judgement on that coin. That said, it's probably real.

davewesen

it does not matter, you should only wonder if it is real gold

ricko

Looking at the reverse (what can be seen), it looks real... have a jeweler check the gold... In that condition, not worth beyond melt. Cheers, RickO

TurtleCat

Very likely. Especially in the latter years most of the usage of gold dollars was in jewelry of different kinds. Ironically (vs today) the mint made more gold dollars than needed (post civil war) to prevent them from becoming instant rarities and driving up the value for collectors.

ambro51

Yes, looks like a genuine 1887. A low mintage of 8000 but in this condition it’s only value is as a coin ring, well loved.....or current melt value. By the 1880s, gold dollars were not usually circulating coins of commerce in most areas. Often, they were Gifts, birthday...etc, they were so thin it was possible to send them in a letter. That ring, the coin, was possibly one of those gifts, worn a lifetime. Ladies often wore them holed on a necklace. Is the ring a larger size?

Smudge

Looks real. Whoever wore it got their money’s worth.

Swampboy

I don't have enough years ahead of me to wear my $2.50 Indian ring into that kind of shape

DollarAfterDollar

Sadly, melt value only either way.

1630Boston

I cannot say but while researching I found this ring

jwitten

Probably real, but in that condition, as long as it is real gold, who cares.

BillJones

It’s probably real, but in that condition, no one can say for sure.

ajaan

I've never owned a $1 gold coin. Does the coin look too big for the band?

PerryHall

@ajaan said:
I've never owned a $1 gold coin. Does the coin look too big for the band?

It's 15mm in diameter which is smaller than a dime.