Cent pick ups and bought something for myself

[Coppercrazy]

I picked up $264 of pennies to go through. $75 is machine wrapped and the rest is customer wrapped. About $20 worth had black lines on the rolls, but I checked one and it had copper at least. Also picked up this AU indian head to add to my collection personally I'm thinking AU-55 on it maybe 58. I will be sure to post the results this week sometime.

 

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[Coppercrazy]

Oh for the indian I paid $20.00 + tax

 

[Coppercrazy]

My signature is actually incorrect at the moment. It is 1117 wheat pennies not whatever is listed

 

[Coppercrazy]

do any of you guys have an opinion on the grade of the indian head?

 

[BuffaloBoy]

do any of you guys have an opinion on the grade of the indian head?

You have to look at the four beads on the Indian to help determine the grade

 

[Coppercrazy]

You have to look at the four beads on the Indian to help determine the grade

All the beads are there, 4 diamonds, nice luster, I don't know why they sold it for $20.00

 

[gunner45]

I'd say you did alright on the IH

It does have the 4 diamonds and looks au or better

 

[Coppercrazy]

I'd say you did alright on the IH

It does have the 4 diamonds and looks au or better

I figured the book value was $20 for AU-50 but I thought it looked quite a bit better so I figured what the heck. I figured I could at least make my money back on eBay.

 

[Coppercrazy]

1908 Indian Head Small Cent NGC Graded Well Struck in Stunning MS 65 RB | eBay

What do you think? Send mine out for grading? I'm really thinking about it. Mine I think does look that good. But it is hard to think the coin shop would sell a ms63+ RB coin for $20.00

 

[Coppercrazy]

 

[CoinFetcher]

Your looks redder, for sure. And his photos might suck, but yours looks better than his from the pics. But I'm not a Indian cent grader. I do better looking at a grade on a slab, and nodding in agreement.

 

[Coppercrazy]

Your looks redder, for sure. And his photos might suck, but yours looks better than his from the pics. But I'm not a Indian cent grader. I do better looking at a grade on a slab, and nodding in agreement.

lol, I'm always doing the opposite, trying to find a slab on eBay that I think could easily grade higher and increase the value, or buying coins that aren't graded cheap and trying to make a quick buck. Although, I like this one too much to sell it. Indian heads are my favorite coins ever minted by far.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Coppercrazy.

 

[Coppercrazy]

Ugh...not going to finish sorting through them until tomorrow...really sucks wanted to finish today.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I wouldn't send out to get graded.

 

[Coppercrazy]

I wouldn't send out to get graded.

Yeah, I thought about it, and it's not worth $20, but I do want to know how good of cherrypicker I am.

 

[CoinFetcher]

Just take super good photos, and post on coin forums for a better grade estimate

 

[Coppercrazy]

I used the photos I already had taken because that was about as good as I could get. I told them I picked it up for $20.00 marked "AU" and he said it is definitely "AU." I went ahead and asked him what makes it AU and not MS. I want to know so that way I know what to look for when I go buying more for my collection.