Home U.S. Coin Forum
Options

Seriously holed 1877 indian

Comments

  • Options
    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,683 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WOW - that's really a shame. image
  • Options
    GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085
    Damn that Annie Oakley...
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
  • Options
    lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,484 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wow...it looks like it might have gone close to VF without the hole... image
    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • Options
    LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    The buyer of that coin is probably going to want to "fill that hole" pretty bad! image

    -David
  • Options
    RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is this 1877 Indian cent a "shot 65" as they call it? image

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • Options
    This is at least the second time it's been up for sale. A few weeks ago it got up to $650 and didn't meet the reserve, apparently.image
    Spare your best friend's life!! Adopt an adult dog at your local "kill" animal shelter. You will be changed.
  • Options
    ahahah! Wow, too bad
  • Options
    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow. I would love to have it for the Holey Coin Vest.

    It's cool to me, but not $500+ cool. Not by a longshot.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • Options
    Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh man, what a shame!

    Sold for $220. Pretty reasonable.

    Dave
    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • Options
    Lordm....would it look good on your vest for the $220 it realized? FAR cry from $650!
  • Options
    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,629 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's cool to me, but not $500+ cool. Not by a longshot. >>



    Good pun. image

    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

  • Options
    GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085


    << <i>

    << <i>It's cool to me, but not $500+ cool. Not by a longshot. >>



    Good pun. image >>



    touche' image
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
  • Options
    Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146
    hey good showt thar bubba....
    aw thank you done got that panny up thar...
    i ownt say it in were........

    lets go luke ferrit....

    oh hay sis wan you doin...
    daydee wans to nose whoz goat inta has corn jour......

  • Options
    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For $220, I would've been tempted... almost. But not quite.

    (Edit... I probably would've been a bidder up to... oh, maybe a little over $150. Say... $165.)

    I guess I still remember too vividly selling a decent G-VG unholed example that had a little counting wheel damage across the headband... for 85 bucks. Of course that was more than 12 years ago.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • Options
    gonzergonzer Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a way to go....gut-shot. Verrrrry painful.
  • Options
    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This is at least the second time it's been up for sale. A few weeks ago it got up to $650 and didn't meet the reserve, apparently.image >>

    Someone reserved this at $650? Good grief. You can get a nice, problem-free G-4 for that price.

    $220 I can see. It's a pretty nice coin save for the hole, and perhaps most importantly, the date is very clear -- making this a cheap filler.

    Going back to that "if you had a time machine" thread, I'd like to go back in time to when someone was using this coin for target practice and convince them to use a more common date -- an 1865, maybe.
  • Options
    Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146
    atleast you can see the diagnostic element on the reverse to see its the real deal.
    weakness in the Ns in ONE CENT
  • Options
    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,889 ✭✭✭✭✭
    $200 is still a lot of money for something like that. I can remember years ago a fellow found a '77 Indian on the beach. It was corroded green and not quite round, but the date was clear and enough was left to call genuine without a doubt. He couldn’t get a dealer to pay him $20 for it.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • Options
    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭


    << <i>atleast you can see the diagnostic element on the reverse to see its the real deal.
    weakness in the Ns in ONE CENT >>

    That's good. And you can see the date clearly. And you can see weakness in the denticles on the obverse from about 10:00 to 1:00 (even if somewhat skewed by the damage). These are all common elements of an authentic 1877 cent. Even if this one were raw, I'd have confidence in its likely authenticity.
  • Options
    mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 7,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "$200 is still a lot of money for something like that."

    Indeed it is. I could not abide a coin like this in my Indian cent cabinet. It's a shame but this holed '77 has been relegated to curio status and is practically worthless as a truly collectible coin. Price? 20 bucks to the curio collector would be reasonable IMO.

    “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
    “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
    “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”
    “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”
    “Dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.”

    Parton’s quotes often blend humor, humility, and practical wisdom, reflecting her life journey from rural Tennessee to global stardom. They remind us to embrace challenges, nurture relationships, and live with purpose and joy.

    Dolly Parton (1946-2026)

  • Options
    Any gun nuts here? What could have did this? buckshot?
  • Options
    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    yep uh huh yep

Leave a Comment

BoldItalicStrikethroughOrdered listUnordered list
Emoji
Image
Align leftAlign centerAlign rightToggle HTML viewToggle full pageToggle lights
Drop image/file