How do I know if this 1915 2 1/2 gold indian is real ?

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Gerard
Gerard Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭
edited March 19, 2025 5:34PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Can anyone know if this 1915 2 1/2 gold indian is real ? Being offered to me for $375 and not 100% sure about its authenticity


http://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-...=10&_ssn=infoflexsales




Plenty of high dollar transactions :
jdimmick, commoncents05, Smittys, guitarwes

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  • BigJohnD
    BigJohnD Posts: 337 ✭✭✭
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    Is this the same coin you have listed in the BST for $425? Honestly, if you're not sure you probably shouldn't be listing it.

  • Gerard
    Gerard Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭
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    Not going to ship unless someone confirms its real. I am about 99% sure but
    here there are some really good fakes.

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-...=10&_ssn=infoflexsales




    Plenty of high dollar transactions :
    jdimmick, commoncents05, Smittys, guitarwes
  • MsMorrisine
    MsMorrisine Posts: 40,054 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    and showing your buy price here then showing a sell price over there might slow the sale

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,755 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks like an authentic circulated Indian quarter eagle but it looks like it has been cleaned.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • sellitstore
    sellitstore Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It looks good to me as well.

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • jwitten
    jwitten Posts: 5,421 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks good to me, and those are my main focus

  • davewesen
    davewesen Posts: 6,982 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Can you get a weight to 0.01 grams?

  • cinque1543
    cinque1543 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
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    If you have a scale, Numista says it should weigh 4.18 grams. And with a caliper, a diameter of 18mm. Not foolproof, but it helps.

    Are you near a local coin shop that has a Sigma device?

  • Gerard
    Gerard Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭
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    Thankyou for all your help.

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-...=10&_ssn=infoflexsales




    Plenty of high dollar transactions :
    jdimmick, commoncents05, Smittys, guitarwes
  • Cougar1978
    Cougar1978 Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 21, 2025 5:32PM
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    Considering it’s raw - You don’t. Are u risk averse?

    Suggest you pass - get a graded piece. Many been ripped on raw gold.

    Investor

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