I found an Indian Head cent that was minted in 1865. And the first thing that I thought about was "This is an American Civil War era coin."
I also knew that this was in poor condition, but the price was right and okay with me at the time, until it came time to pay for it as it was another auction. The shipping added to the auction price threw the total price over $10 USD. I'm wanting to keep things low and under $10 USD in total whenever I am purchasing ONE coin.
I am finding that those other coins that I would love to have just one of in the collection are going to be at a minimum of $20-30, even $40 and $50 USD. But enough about that, I digress and return to the topic at hand.
A lot of the features on this coin do not exist and that's killing the value of the coin. It is frustrating. The crack or the line on the reverse is greater than it is in photographs. Holding that in my hand and the line is awful.
On the other hand, it was minted in 1865, which is wild to think that it is possible that this coin existed in circulation during the same time that President Abraham Lincoln was still alive. It is even a bigger thought to think about the possibility that Lincoln could very well have had this coin in his own hands, or someone in his family or someone else that was featured heavily in American history during this time.
There is no telling and there is no way of knowing that any of that would be true, you can drive yourself crazy thinking about it. But more coins are to come. I am just slow and behind on detailing and blogging what I have received. I will do the best I can to catch up here.
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