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I bought a collection off a friend of mine in the dansco 7101 Indian head cents book.

First the book is in good shape and my favorite. There is just something about the Dansco albums I have really liked and I think just having coins in them makes the coins more "stylish", really cool you know?

Starts out with 3 flying eagle cents:
1857 (my guess VG)
1858 Large Letter (my guess VG)
1858 Small Letter (maybe date is HARD to see)

Then the Indian Heads in the book:

1859 - (my guess VG)
1860 - (my guess G)
1861 - (my guess G)
1862 - (my guess G)
1863 - (my guess VG)
1864 - (my guess G)

Bronze:

1864 - (my guess G)
1864 L - (my guess G Probably just a filler since letters are worn from band)
1865 - (my guess VG)
1867 - (my guess G)
1874 - (my guess G)
1879 - (my guess G)
1880 - (my guess G)
1881 - (my guess G)
1882 - (my guess VG)
1883 - (my guess G/VG)
1884 - (my guess G)
1888 - (my guess G/VG)
1889 - (my guess G)
1890 - (my guess EF/AU)
1891 - (my guess VG/F)
1892 - (my guess F/VF)
1893 - (my guess F)
1894 - (my guess G)
1895 - (my guess VF)

1896 - (my guess G)
1897 - (my guess EF/AU)
1898 - (my guess F/VF)
1899 - (my guess VG)
1900 - (my guess F but VERY nice bright rainbow toning!! Very beutiful!!)

1901 - (my guess VF)
1902 - (my guess G/VG)
1903 - (my guess G)
1904 - (my guess VG/F)
1905 - (my guess G)
1906 - (my guess G)
1907 - (my guess G)
1908 - (my guess EF/AU)
1909 - (my guess G/VG)

1909 - (my guess G/VG)
1900 - (my guess G)
1904 - (my guess G)
1903 - (my guess G)
1909 Wheat RD - (my guess AU)
1907 - (my guess G)
1901 - (my guess G)
1903 - (my guess VG)
1902 - (my guess G)

All that and the book. I got him into collecting coins and watched him build this set, which is quite frankly MUCH better than the set I had, plus his was in an album. We do a lot of trading and work together on some things.

What he asked for it? Seventy five dollars!! I had to pull money from my "A&M Silver Funds" to purchase it, but I bought it for the children and I think it is a good long term investment for em.

I've had this for a couple of months now, and just sat down and looked though and graded them, not compiled values, just thought I'd share.

Thats an outstanding purchase for the money, now the hunt for the rest of them begins.

I recently took a stab at one of these folders on ebay. I ended up winning it at $83. It wasn't full but some of the IH's were in great shape..full liberty and even some diamonds showing. The flying eagles could have been better, though. But at $83 it was a steal. I bet I coul put 5 or 6 of these on ebay and get my money back. I just can't decide either to fill it up or...shoot...I don't know what. It did have a couple filler ones..and I got a couple of filler ones from this forum. But yours is more complete than mine. I like 'em! I really like 'em!

I'm working on an Indian set as well. Yours has a few I don't have!The Indian cent one of my favorite coins!

flbandit wrote:I'm working on an Indian set as well. Yours has a few I don't have!The Indian cent one of my favorite coins!

Which ones do you need....maybe a trade cold be worked out?

Mine was in a Whitman folder. It had:
1857 eagle-vg/f
1858 large letters-ag/g(cleaned?)
1858 small letters-ag/g(cleaned?)

1859-g
1860-f+(full liberty)
1861....missing
1862-f(liberty)
1863-g
1864.....missing

1864-g
1864L....missing
1865-g+(partial liberty)
1866-g
1867-ag
1868....missing
1869....missing
1870....missing
1871-ag
1872....missing
1873-ag/g
1874-ag
1875-g
1876....missing
1877....missing
1878....missing
1879-f(full liberty)
1880....missing
1881....missing
1882....missing
1883....missing
1884-g+/f(partial liberty)
1885....missing
1886....missing
1887....missing
1888....missing
1889....missing
1890-f+(full liberty)
1891....missing
1892....missing
1893-xf/vf(some luster...hot looking)
1994....missing
1895-f(liberty)
1896....missing
1897....missing
1898....missing
1899....missing
1900....missing
1901....missing
1902-f/vf(sharp sucker)
1903-f/vf
1904-f/vf
1905-f/vf
1906-vf/xf(another sharp coin)
1907-f/vf
1908-f/vf
1908S...missing
1909....missing
1909S...missing

In all, 28 coins with the three eagles and some very good indians. I have a small tribe myself to fill at least half of the missing ones. I still thought this was a steal at $83. I'm not that great at grading. I try to see examples of slabbed coins and am trying to learn that way. Some of these coins will grade better...some will grade lower. I was very conservative in the grading. Still deciding what to do with this.

Have you seen PCGS's Photograde?

http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Cents

Forgot about it till you said that!

Kurr wrote:Have you seen PCGS's Photograde?

http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Cents

Forgot about it till you said that!

I've never looked at that before. I guess I'm very conservative. Thanks for that link!