Anyone care to provide me with a grade on this Gold Indian

[RealRaw-migration]

I have a few opinions from good dealers but was wondering what you all think?

[rrantique]

Nice looking coin. I guess MS-63. (thumbs u

Welcome to the forum.

[MarkFeld]

I'm thrown off by the images. Looking at just the obverse, I would guess that it' might be counterfeit. But on its own, the reverse image doesn't strike me as suspicious. If genuine, I'd go with MS63 as my grade guess.

[MunkyMan95]

Could be anywhere from AU58 to MS63, I think I see a slight amount of wear on the indian's headdress, but I could see it easily in a MS62 slab. If that's not wear, then I see nothing holding it back from MS63.

[RealRaw-migration]

I had Julian look at this coin in hand. He said it was genuine. He indicated between 63-63 . My plan is to bring it to the Baltimore show and slab it.

[PerryHall]

Looks like a 63 with all the caveates of grading from pics.

[MarkFeld]

I had Julian look at this coin in hand. He said it was genuine. He indicated between 63-63. My plan is to bring it to the Baltimore show and slab it.

If Julian said it's genuine, I will forget about my initial suspicion regarding the obverse image. And I am glad that I looked at the reverse image too and thought it looked like the real thing.

He indicated between 63-63

Typo? From the images I would be more likely to guess a point above, rather than below MS63, if it's not a 63. Nice looking coin.

[RealRaw-migration]

Thanks Mark

 

Julian is one knowledgable man and a fine gentleman.

 

I was hoping for 64. I know I am getting greedy but I really want it. I think the small nicks on the Reverse will keep it from that though

[MarkFeld]

Thanks Mark

 

Julian is one knowledgable man and a fine gentleman.

 

I was hoping for 64. I know I am getting greedy but I really want it. I think the small nicks on the Reverse will keep it from that though

I agree about Julian. If the obverse is as clean as it appears in the images and the Indian's cheek is rub-free, I don't think that the reverse marks will automatically limit the grade to MS63. Best of luck with it and I hope you will enjoy it, regardless of whatever grade it receives.

[stinkycheese1]

Thanks Mark

 

Julian is one knowledgable man and a fine gentleman.

 

I was hoping for 64. I know I am getting greedy but I really want it. I think the small nicks on the Reverse will keep it from that though

 

That's a nice coin RealRaw.

[RealRaw-migration]

This coin was passed down from my wife's grandfather. He was a colonel in the Army and stationed in Maryland during this time. He got this coin in 1929 from what he told his daughter and grand daughter.

[jtryka]

That is a sweet looking Indian, I can't grade this series worth a tinker's damn, so I'll defer to the rest, but my initial feeling was anywhere from AU-58 (looks like wear on the eagles wing) to MS-63 (the obverse looks great!). Nice family heirloom!

[bsshog40]

I'm no good at grading these either, but I don't care what grade it is, I've always liked the Indian Head gold. Nice coin!!!

[MarkFeld]

You folks realize that 1929 is not your ordinary date $5 Indian, right?

[bsshog40]

It's a very high dollar indian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TomB]

My gut reaction was counterfeit, but I guess I was wrong.

[jtryka]

Come on Mark! It's only a low R-6 in mint state and a low R-7 in MS-63 per Akers...Sheesh, you'd think it was really rare or something! By the way, I'll trade you 2 1929 quarter eagles for it! That seems fair to me!

[James_OldeTowne]

Third party grading is amazingly inconsistent on these. I think it is easily MS-63, and MS-64 would not surprise me one bit.

[physics-fan3.14]

Come on Mark! It's only a low R-6 in mint state and a low R-7 in MS-63 per Akers...Sheesh, you'd think it was really rare or something! By the way, I'll trade you 2 1929 quarter eagles for it! That seems fair to me!

 

Sheesh. So what you are saying is they're pretty common, then, huh? I don't have a price guide handy, what does one of these things run in this sort of grade?

[jtryka]

It's comfortably a 5-figure coin in just about any grade...

[Trime-migration]

Looks like a 63 to me also.