Grade My Circulated 1909 Indian Head Cent...

OneCent

Now only if it had an S on the reverse.

Found a shop in South Jersey that I visit about 2-3 times per year. It is a "collectibles" store rather than a "coin" shop as they sell comics, cards, figurines, china and some other stuff. Their coin section is so-so, with a lot of cleaned and over-priced material. It is interesting as they had an "AU" 1909-S IHC listed for $750...but it was horribly cleaned!!! I was going to say something to the owner but decided not to.


After about an hour looking through the coins this one peaked my interest as it appears original and has the look of a circ coin that I find appealing. Anyway, what would you grade this IHC?

illini420

XF45

tombr

XF45. Nice original look too

joecopper

XF45

Tyler1924S

EF-45. VERY hard for me to find them (raw) in EF and above. Hard to find in VF, for that matter.

Tyler1924S

One reason I'm going 45 on this one (and not 40), is I've found those diamonds very hard to show in photographs.


edit: Oh, when I say VERY hard to find in EF and above, I'm referring to the 1909-P.

tjkillian

XF-45

Longacre

40, sticker.

Edscoin

Nice XF-45

astrorat

EF-40

droopyd

I'm with the 45 crowd.

ziggy29

If the coin has full diamonds it's a 45, otherwise a very nice 40. This is exactly the look I seek out in this grade level.

ArizonaJack

sharp crowd, a solid 45

291fifth

XF details, burnished.

Ed1840

I say xf45, but you should check out illini420's thread, he has an excellent 1908s grading set, this way you can judge for yourself.

OneCent

<< <i>XF details, burnished. >>




I understand where you are coming from but what I think that you see as "burnished" is nothing but an artifact of the lighting in the photograph. The coin in-hand is actually a bit more mellow and brown in coloration - It appears very original to me.

It was sold to me as an XF example and I agree with the grade.

I like circulated Indian Head Cents in XF!!!