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Russian Remoulade
Feb 22, 2009
I recently helped a relative move and they gave me a coin we found at the bottom of a drawer because "it might be worth something." I know poo poo all about any of this, so any information regarding its value would be greatly appreciated.

Date - 1912
Denomination - 10 Dollars
Mintmark - S
Condition - Not too terribly scuffed or scratched as far as I can tell.

I snapped some bad phone shots if that helps.


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Russian Remoulade
Feb 22, 2009

DominusDeus posted:

Provided it's authentic, around the $900-$950 range, maybe more if we can get good clear images. Those contain 0.48375 troy ounces of gold. At the current spot, it has about $565.50 worth of gold in it.

[edit] Probably less on the price. Here's one on eBay with a BIN of $882: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1912-S-10-Indian-Eagle-NGC-AU-55-/351334997837?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51cd329f4d

That's...significantly more than I was expecting. I suppose now I'll have to go through the trouble of figuring out how to sell it.

Russian Remoulade
Feb 22, 2009

Al Harrington posted:

I question its authenticity

Should I look for some local coin place to get it appraised then?

Russian Remoulade
Feb 22, 2009
The official word from the coin dealer I saw this morning is: not counterfeit, just well worn. He seemed surprised and said they usually are more pristine, but he threw out a quote of ~500 so I guess it's legit. I'm still not particularly looking forward to dealing with eBay or some such thing.

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