Coin and Paper Money Collecting/1926 coin

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Expert: - 7/17/2008


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Hi. I have a question about a 1926 Liberty 2 1/2 dollar coin I was given. I notice that when you turn the coin around (rt. to left or vise versa) that the Indian head is upside down. Is this the way it is supposed to be? Also, please tell me anything you know about this coin.
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Juli,

Sounds like your coin is normal.  When you flip a U.S. coin side-to-side the images will be upside-down to each other, whereas if you flip the coin top-to-bottom the images will remain right-side-up.

1926 is a common date -- value will likely be between $200 to $250

History of $2.5 gold indian can be found here :

http://www.coinsite.com/CoinSite-PF/pparticles/$2indian.asp

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