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my grandmas collection includes a ton of 1955 wheat pennies should i try to sell some seeing i dont think i need 300

 

Let us know if any of those '55's look like this:

 

no i just checked and they were all normal no double die

 

where is a good place to get coins

 

I know, I should've said copper value

 

Coins that are stolen. You don't want those.

 

http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/

This is great help on grading, and Welcome!

 

smith that website is amazing! but i was looking at Kennedy halves and the ms 68 was different colors. why is that better

 

on the 1981 proof set. i cant tell if i have a filled s or a clear. red book has a 300 dollar different between the two what do i have?

 

Post some pictures

 

is this a first s or clear?

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I can't tell, the pictures are too small. If I were you, I would invest in a loupe to see for yourself or get some quality pictures, by you or somebody else.

 

ok well what does the first s mean

 

I think you should buy a copy of the Red Book of United States Coins published by Whitman before you start thinking about buying or selling anything.

Chris

 

i have one chris but there is no example for the first s for 1981 proof set

 

is there a safe way to clean coins

 

Hey ! Nice meeting you

The one thing that I strongly urge you do. Is before buying or selling any coin, you arm yourself with all the knowledge you can about it. Then start small and learn before getting to more expensive items. You are going to make mistakes and over pay or undersell. EVERYONE does ! But learn enough to keep from getting burned too badly.

This is a wonderful pasttime that constantly adds new things to get excited about. Recently a 1992 CAM cent was found by a roll searcher who sold it for $12,000.

A 1983 Double Die cent went for $2000.

These are modern coins. When modern errors are found, they are sometimes referred to as "hot" coins. State quarter errors, dollar errors, cent varieties, etc. that can be found in circulation.

Read a lot of the threads, check out the sites that members post links to and have a lot of fun !!

 

I did a coin deal with somebody and he told me he does roll searching for errors, and found a '69-S DDO and sold it for $45,000 back in the 1990's. Of course he regrets selling it, because he can get close to double today, but he said it paid off a lot of his house for him, so he is happy. After exchanging a few words about coins, he sent me a couple (4) silver dimes for $8, and included a nicely worn seated liberty dime and a solid VF 1900 barber for free. Errors are a great way to get settled, that is if they are widely sought after and genuine.

 

thanks gary ill post a pic tomorrow but i found a penny in my pocket that looks like its been cut almost. can this happen in the mint or is it just a bad penny