JBK

You lucked out on this one. For what it is worth your dollar even comes in an envelope postmarked on the first day of the SE issue for that year. Not sure if that is worth anything to anyone, but it doesn't hurt.

lincoln64

I got the coin in the mail today. It's in a nice protective folder (maroon cardboard) with the words:
1987
WALKING LIBERTY
U.S, SILVER DOLLAR
printed in gold

When you open the folder there is an envelope with the coin. When you open the envelope there is a COA card with a hole in it for holding the coin. There is a thin clear plastic sheet on both sides of the card. The plastic is not attached to anything they are just sheets.

The problem is that the coin is held in place (on the reverse side) with a strip of clear adhesive tape. There is some "toning" around the edge, except where the tape contacts the coin.

My question is, Should I remove the tape? Doing so will damage the cardboard holder by peeling away the outer layer of the paper. If I take the tape off it will likely leave some adhesive on the coin. If I leave the tape on the coin will continue to tone and have a stripe from the tape on it.

Any suggestion??

PS the coin looks really good and has a profflike appearence

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GDJMSP

Let me get this straight - the tape is applied directly to the coin ? If it is - I would do one of two things. I'd either keep it as is and count it as a lesson learned. Or I'd take to to a coin shop - tell the owner I want trade it in on a plain unpackaged 1987 ASE - pay the difference & and take the new coin home and put it in an AirTite.

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lincoln64

So...what I wound up doing was, using an x-acto knife, cut the tape between the coin and the holder. The tape came off the coin cleanly and the coin won't need cleaning. I still have the first-day-of-issue envelope, the cardboard holder and the COA, and I'm going to put the coin in a holder. So if I decide to list it on eaby, down the line, I'll just retape it (including the retaping part in the item description, of course), and all should be well.

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