What grade is this Ten Dollar Indian..I'm no good at Gold

Smittys

Just looking for opinons
Thank you.

XpipedreamR

VF35

BillJones

VF-25

It's one of those pieces that is not worth a great deal more than melt.

coinlover726

VF 25 thats only an opinion

PerryHall

VF35 Nice original better date coin.

RYK

XF-40 details, net grade VF for rim hits

mhammerman

I'm w/xpipe on this one and will add the comment that this is a nice honest coin w/ a little rim damage and a very good mint mark. It is on the low end of the mintage for this series, 121,540 minted but how many survive is hard to say. Bullion value is within a few bucks of $200 but the rarity will add to that as will the difficulty in finding one in the first place so $300-$350 may be a reasonable number for this one but there is not much trading history on this date at that grade so it may be higher.

BillJones

Gray Sheet bid is $305.00 for this date in EF-40. This coin is a long way from EF-40 IMO given the heavy wear and the rim problems.

mhammerman

Excellent comments and thanks Billjones for your observations, very accurate!

Longacre

I was going to say AU-50 before I read everyone else's comments. So I will defer to the others and call it EF.

I noticed that the mintmark looks particularly bold for a coin with that amount of wear. Am I just imagining that?

BillJones

Come on, Longacre.

Look at the overall surfaces, which have no luster, and the extensive wear on the Indian's face and forehead and the eagle's wing. This coin has only VF sharpness. Pull out one of your Mint State pieces and see how much detail is missing from this coin.

Please don't take offense. I'm just trying to help you here.

Luster is a very important factor when comes to assigning grades like AU or even EF-45 (there should be traces of it at that level). And you need to consider the main grading areas that I mentioned. They catch the wear first, most of the time.

dthigpen

Would make a nice pocket piece or Golf Marker.

Smittys

Thanks to all, I was thinking VF-XF
Guess VF Little better date

coinmickey

Luster is a very important factor when comes to assigning grades like AU or even EF-45 (there should be traces of it at that level).

Exactly...and luster is even more important in this series. No luster = definite downgrade. No way this is AU.

I agree with VF-25.

Nocerino18

VF30/35

veryfine

I would have to say xf-40, maybe vf-35.
There is too much detail for a lower vf grade, in my opinion.

In general, doesn't this series suffer from mushy strikes?

techeff

It's a 40, nuff said.

mgoodm3

EF

mozin

VF25