How much does this coin worth? *pics*

[mikysee]

Thanks for any help.

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[amdskip]

sorry, I don't have a clue

 

[deftron]

It says $20 right on it

 

[PsychoAndy]

Hmm. Plus or minus $20 or so.

-PAB

 

[Aceshigh]

A helluva lot more than $20. It's pure gold..

 

[Lucky]

$250-$450 depending on exact condition. goto a local shop for a better estimate.

 

[deftron]

Originally posted by: Aceshigh
A helluva lot more than $20. It's pure gold..

What about this Tasmanian devil turd?

 

[Evadman]

Ummm.... Wow. a Gold Morgan head? Sweet!

 

[Maetryx]

It looks to be in Very Fine condition. It looks slightly circulated, though.

BTW, is it actually gold or did it get strangely colored by the scanner?

 

[mikysee]

It looks golder in real life than it does on the scanner.

 

[Maetryx]

I think you have a double eagle liberty head worth about $400

 

[kranky]

Yep, that's a Liberty Head $20. First, DO NOT CLEAN, POLISH or otherwise mess with the coin.

The 1895 is a fairly common date for these coins. It's impossible to tell for sure from a scan, but I think it might be in AU condition. Probably worth about $350-$380. Most of the value is in the gold content.

 

[ChrisIsBored]

Originally posted by: kranky
Yep, that's a Liberty Head $20. First, DO NOT CLEAN, POLISH or otherwise mess with the coin.

The 1895 is a fairly common date for these coins. It's impossible to tell for sure from a scan, but I think it might be in AU condition. Probably worth about $350-$380. Most of the value is in the gold content.

Melt it and sell off the gold!

You could always take the Goldmember route with the melted remains...

 

[thebestMAX]

Common date $20 Liberty head or Lib as known to collectors.

Contains slightly less than 1 Oz Troy pure gold (.9675), is 21.6 Karats, 24K being pure and brings the current price of gold plus about $90 premium as a rule of thumb. About $410 today as last I saw gold it was $320 per troy oz.

Condition is everything as to the value of a coin. Your coin is definately circulated (look for wear on high spots such as eagles head and wing tips. Libs hair with a loop. Gold coins are harder to grade accurately than silver) but still an nice example for a type set. Looks in the grading range of 50-55 to me (Im a hard grader) from the photo on a scale of 70 being perfect and 60 being just uncirculated. Lots of mint luster left but again hard from a scan. Handle carefully and by edges only! Wrap in tissue until you can get a safe holder.

 

[guyver01]

Series 70 -- Liberty Head $20 1850-1907 Regular Strikes

1895

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3750

 

[guyver01]

wrong info

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: chrisisbored
Melt it and sell off the gold!

You could always take the Goldmember route with the melted remains...

Actually, I had a teacher that had a pendant for his necklace made out of a silver dollar. His friend got a silver dollar from the teachers birthyear and made it into the Batman insignia (since he's got a Batman tatoo). It was pretty cool...

 

[thebestMAX]

Actually worth about $90 more UNMELTED. No assay work needed to prove Karat value and some collector value thrown in as well.

 

[ObiDon]

Your coin is definately circulated (look for wear on high spots such as eagles head and wing tips)

Yeah, not quite uncirculated.

On the obverse side:
wear from the top of the head to the word "Liberty"
nick on the neck
other various small scratches on the surface

reverse side:
pretty big scratch on the shield
various dents, most notably around the "In God we trust" area
dings around the outer edge

It's still in pretty nice shape though! Cool!