What are they?

[Panda Man]

I purchased a four coin proof set that looks to be native american. They are all .999 fine silver with beautiful toning mainly on Obverse. I purchased this small set from Heritage about 4 years ago and have never been able to properly identify these coins. I went as far as sending the original seller a question as to their identity and he/she did not have an answer. I am at a dead end but not ready to give up. This sense of not giving up must come from a collector's mentality.I am attaching a low pixel picture from my phone but what I would like to know is; Does anyone have an idea where I can find the answers to what I am looking for? Websites, people to contact, etc....

 

[bsshog40]

Is there anything on the reverses?

[wheat'swheats]

I saw some similar to those at the site where they are building the Crazy Horse memorial in the Black Hills.

[Raisethis2]

There are so many variations of .999 silver bullion pieces you're truly looking for a needle in a haystack. Posting your question here and across the street is probably you best chance though.

 

Good luck in your search.

[physics-fan3.14]

There are literally thousands of different silver art rounds. Very few of them carry a premium - they are pretty much made to trade for their silver content.

[AHFreak]

There are literally thousands of different silver art rounds. Very few of them carry a premium - they are pretty much made to trade for their silver content.

 

I agree. However, if these were my silvers, I would want to know more about them... I definitely wouldn't go sell/trade them as if they were your average generic silver round before I found out for sure what was going on with them.

[Panda Man]

There are literally thousands of different silver art rounds. Very few of them carry a premium - they are pretty much made to trade for their silver content.

 

I agree. However, if these were my silvers, I would want to know more about them... I definitely wouldn't go sell/trade them as if they were your average generic silver round before I found out for sure what was going on with them.

 

^Agreed^ I will post a pic of the reverse and maybe someone will have more answers. Now here is where it gets interesting, I paid $299.00 + shipping just because the fact I could not find much info. Stupid? Maybe but silver was at around $35 an ounce at that time so not to bad. Anyway, I put a max bid of $299.00 and their turned out to be 32 bidders. I believe someone at least halfway new what they were getting.......OK more pics to come, I believe the reverse is the same on all of the them except maybe a motto or creed of some sort. Also shout out to AHFreak, you and I are on the same page..

 

Thanks in advance

[Panda Man]

OK here is a reverse shot. I wish my camera was better.

 

 

Take notice that there is an insignia on the tent, it might be the tribe?? It reads American Indian on the top and the motto Pride, Courage and Strength on the bottom.

Someone has to have an idea?

[ldhair]

Just common silver rounds. There were others with Indian designs.

[Panda Man]

Idhair any idea what the symbol is on the tent? My guess would be a specific tribe.

[Panda Man]

just redid my photobucket and lost my pics.....dang it..

[Conder101]

I haven't seen the pictures, but some of the Indian tribes (or at least one of them) makes their own "coins" that they sell for very high premiums. ($79 for a 1 oz 999 fine silver "dollar") From the comments about a tent though I doubt if that is it.

 

If they are just silver rounds the chances of getting much good information on them is slight. As mentioned there are literally THOUSANDS of different silver round designs out there. (Collector I knew in Louisville years ago used to collect them by design. He had over 10,000 different pieces and that was back in the mid 80's. No telling how many there are now.)

[Panda Man]

Here are the Pics that I deleted, I was cleaning up my photo bucket account...

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There are four coins to the set and they came in a nice velvet case, each coin has a different design but the same reverse....

 

 

[Panda Man]

Here is a better reverse pic that shows what I believe is the tribes logo.

 

[bsshog40]

I would think that if these were specific to a culture or event, that the maker would have had some sort of mark or name on them to distinguish from your basic silver rounds. I see nothing on the rounds themselves. If anything, would probably be on the box they came in. If nothing there, probably just regular silver rounds put in a nice little box for resale.