My growing indian half eagle collection Now with grades!

clarkbar04 · February 20, 2020 2:52PM

Up to a whole 3 coins now! I am picky because they are a lot more expensive than my usual buffalo nickels and walkers.

I'd like to string together a set of these from 1908-1916. The 1929 is a "bit" out of reach for me. (bit of an outlier anyway, no?)

Joe @crazyhounddog shot these for me and did a great job as usual.
Feel free to GTG if you want!
OGH MS63

OGH MS64 CAC

MS64 CAC

koynekwest · February 20, 2020 2:57PM

Those are beauties! I'm putting together my second date set of the quarter eagles of this design.

Dscoin · February 20, 2020 3:01PM

Way to go!! I am also trying to do the same set as you without the 1929. I am going to try to have them all be an ms62 grade(would also love if they were all CAC) Oddly enough I am 3 coins into the 9 coin set as well. Your 3 have way better toning than mine. I am looking mainly for coins with super clean fields since the majority of this series has a fair amount of scratching in the fields. Congrats and keep me updated, my set will take me into 2021 for sure, a nice 1916S is hard to come by.

ThreeCentSilverFL · February 20, 2020 3:05PM

Those look great! Keep on being picky 😎

clarkbar04 · February 20, 2020 3:05PM

@koynekwest said:
Those are beauties! I'm putting together my second date set of the quarter eagles of this design.

I'm (perhaps foolishly) trying to achieve both at the same time, date set of half and QE's.

@Dscoin said:
Way to go!! I am also trying to do the same set as you without the 1929. I am going to try to have them all be an ms62 grade(would also love if they were all CAC) Oddly enough I am 3 coins into the 9 coin set as well. Your 3 have way better toning than mine. I am looking mainly for coins with super clean fields since the majority of this series has a fair amount of scratching in the fields. Congrats and keep me updated, my set will take me into 2021 for sure, a nice 1916S is hard to come by.

I will probably settle for a 16-S in au58, but yes I expect this to be the stopper simply due to quality issues.

Good luck with your set. I have bought 2 already this year, which is a pace that will likely not continue.

ricko · February 20, 2020 3:09PM

Very nice gold coins... the Indian half eagle is a favorite of mine.... only have one, a 1909 D....I keep it by the computer so I can look at it a lot.... Good luck with your set... Cheers, RickO

clarkbar04 · February 20, 2020 3:11PM

@ricko said:
Very nice gold coins... the Indian half eagle is a favorite of mine.... only have one, a 1909 D....I keep it by the computer so I can look at it a lot.... Good luck with your set... Cheers, RickO

That is also where mine reside, most of the time.

Smudge · February 20, 2020 3:51PM

Those look great. Nice old gold look to all of them. Edit to add based on your tag line I have to guess 63 on all.

koynekwest · February 20, 2020 4:11PM

Back in 1973 I got an AU 1915-S for $35 at a show.

Timbuk3 · February 21, 2020 1:55AM

Very nice, looks like you're headed in the right direction, congratulations !!!

batumi · February 21, 2020 2:14AM

I will guess 63's. I believe nice MS-63 Indian fives are a very good value now as well as being attractive and scarce.

Outhaul · February 21, 2020 2:58AM

If you're going to string a set of those together I would suggest you use the thinnest string possible. This way you don't have to drill such big holes.

Cheers

Bob

P.S. Those are really too nice to drill. But, to each his own!

SilverProofQuarter1883 · February 21, 2020 9:45AM

Ow my that is awesome, to relate, after getting my own Indian half eagle I want to get another.👍

clarkbar04 · February 21, 2020 11:20PM

Grades posted for anyone that is remotely interested.

robkool · February 22, 2020 1:10AM

KOOL KOLORS !!! Thanks for sharing...

crazyhounddog · February 22, 2020 4:37PM

All beautiful coins and I enjoyed seeing them under my lens 👌

AlexinPA · February 22, 2020 4:46PM

Magnificent. One of America's most beautiful coins.

jom · February 22, 2020 8:16PM

Nice start so far. Good luck with the mint marked ones. The 12S and 09O are hard to find nice....my problem was that I never cared for this coin too much once it is circulated so i could never find any appealing AU pieces. Maybe you won't be as picky.

jom

Cougar1978 · February 23, 2020 8:30AM

Very impressive!

ponderit · February 23, 2020 12:59PM

Beautiful coins! Great pics as well...

clarkbar04 · February 24, 2020 9:56AM

@jom said:
Nice start so far. Good luck with the mint marked ones. The 12S and 09O are hard to find nice....my problem was that I never cared for this coin too much once it is circulated so i could never find any appealing AU pieces. Maybe you won't be as picky.

jom

I'll skip that one, one example of each date will suffice. The hunt for a nice 16-S will be the toughest, I would wager.

Thanks everyone!

mannie gray · February 24, 2020 3:14PM

@clarkbar04 said:

@jom said:
Nice start so far. Good luck with the mint marked ones. The 12S and 09O are hard to find nice....my problem was that I never cared for this coin too much once it is circulated so i could never find any appealing AU pieces. Maybe you won't be as picky.

jom

I'll skip that one, one example of each date will suffice. The hunt for a nice 16-S will be the toughest, I would wager.

Thanks everyone!

And the thing about the 16-S that I have noticed is that the grading is really loose on it in some cases.

asheland · February 24, 2020 3:50PM

Awesome coins!

OldIndianNutKase · February 24, 2020 10:49PM

Awesome Indians........you have great taste. But this may take some time as <1% look this nice.

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My growing indian half eagle collection Now with grades!

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