Grade my new Indian...

BigAl

can't believe I actually bought a gold coin....I must be losing it. anyway, here she is--freshly cracked out of a green pcgs holder.... As always, the coin looks better in hand, and the pics stink.

JrGMan2004

Incuse designs look wierd... but somehow interesting... I must go ponder this one...

Numismanic

Looks very nice. XF45?


Don

nOoBiEeE

Hard to say from the pics but I would guess maybe AU, maybe.

Donovan

VF30

cosmicdebris

I would give it an XF40 for the wear.

FullHorn

I want one of those to crack out also and it would be my first, so judging from what I would do, I say XF because I cant grade those by the pic or in hand for that matter.

mgoodm3

I like the EF theory, just based on volume of wear. I don't have much experience with incuse designs othewrwise.

relayer

35

Myqqy

As a wild guess, I'll go with the idea that it's a low EF- the cool thing (to me) about the indians is that they still look very sharp with some circulation wear...

SeattleSlammer

Ahhh Man! Why'd you have to destroy such a beautiful and increasingly rare GREEN slab? That makes me sad.

Pretty coin, though.

BigAl

sorry about the crappy pics, especially the obverse.

In hand you can actually distinguish the line in the headband--even though fairly weak. The coin graded EF45 a la pcgs. i still have no idea what sparked this purchase--can't be maturity since i'm still a newbie, but I wouldn't mind the challenge of collecting the series in XF/AU....

At least it's not darkside!

lordmarcovan

Eeeww. Indian gold.

Not eeeww, as in "bad coin", just eeeww as in "LordM does not like to grade".

An Indian cent now, I wouldn't have been afraid to give an opinion on.

Guess I'll go with the folks who said EF (or XF, if you prefer). High VF/low EF. A 35 to 40, numerically speaking. That's where I'll hang my hat, anyway. Pratt Indian gold, Peace dollars, and Franklins are what I consider my weakest series, gradewise.