found an envelope full of nice surprises

hello everyone, I am a Visiting Admin/Mod from other forum sites....I figured that i would come to a site where you guys know more about this than I do...I have been using Search Engines to see what I can find out, but I thought that I would post here and get your opinions

I found :

1858 penny
1889 Indian penny
1873 Indian Penny
1845 Liberty Penny
1867 2 cent coin ( 2 of them )
1892/1893 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar ( 2 coins )
1856 silver "sitting liberty" Half Dime "0"
1878 III ( 3 cent Nickel )

the 1856 Half dime and 1878 3 cent nickel are in almost Mint shape... I am pretty sure that I found some coins that could be worth a few bucks...I will try and get some pics and post as soon as i can ...

BPG~

 

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Pictures would be needed to determine value. But The 1878 three cent piece is a proof only issue with only 2,350 pieces minted. I have been looking for that one for quite a while now.

 

these pictures are from my IPhone, and certainly don't do any justice at all....This coin is very shiny Silver , it doesn't look "shaded" at all like the picture came out...I will try and get a better camera to take better pictures..

 

the details are almost perfect....you can even see the strands of hair ... As I stated, these were taken with my IPhone, I don't know why they came out dark like that, but it is a very shiny silver, like new looking kinda silver, I took it out of the wrapper to take a better picture of it...

 

Nice coin! Where did you "find" that envelope - wish I could find one like it! Are the other coins in good condition too?

 

You can start with PCGS' price guide: http://www.pcgs.com/prices/

You'll also want to check the Cherry Picker's guides to see if your coins have any of the rarer varieties mentioned for those years/mint marks.

Just clear your cache or use CCleaner if you use up your 3 searches on PCGS. You don't have to pay their fees. You can also change browsers and use IE instead to get another 3 searches in.

Ex: There is a double die variety listed for the 1867 two cent piece that can make it worth double or even triple the value.

 

*sarcastically*

Nope, none of them are worth a cent, send em all to me!

*end of sarcasm*

Where do you find a thing like that? I now have a new goal...

 

Very nice find! It would be imposable to grade the coin from those images, especially for a proof. Proof coins really need to be graded with the coin in hand. It would be worth your while to visit your local coin shop for their opinion.

Don't clean or dust the coins in any way, tiny hairlines on proof coins can affect the value tremendously.

 

I wouldn't handle them much if you think they might have any value. It's easy to get tiny scratches just while taking pics and handling them. If you do need to mess with them, only hold them by the coin edges, not the front or back.

 

Here's a little better picture:

 

I still can't tell if it is an 1878 or an 1873 closed 3 which is close to an 8 in appearance.

OK! I pulled up an example of each on Heritage.

The 1878 has the bottom of the 1 straddling the dentils below it and the lowest curl is below the neck line.
The 1873 closed 3 has the base of the 1 directly above the dentil below it and the lowest curl is even with what appears to be a loop below the neck line.

I see no other markers for verification.

 

Still very hard to determine grade. A really nice example should look something like this.

 

okay, I used my thumb to rub the coin, and I can see faint marks that separate the "3" from an "8"....So, it's looks like it a 1873 coin....it's a little older and not sure if that increases or decreases the value..

 

Ouch. I highly recommend not rubbing a valuable coin. If its an 1873 its worth less than the 1878. Looks to be in decent condition though, so you still may have a pretty good find.

 

I shuddered when I heard this. No matter the circumstances, don't rub or touch the coin's head/tail unless you have gloves! Even then, you should try to only pick up the coin by the edge. Fingerprints on a coin can lower a coin's value dramatically.

 

Sorry, I didn't know....I just wanted to be sure of the date....

 

No need to be sorry. Its a common mistake. Its also a very common mistake for people to clean their coins. Thats also a big no no.

 

I haven't cleaned any of them...

My wife has her internship today from 9 to 5 , there is a coin shop within walking distance to my house, I plan to go up there today , and see what they tell me ....I also have a bunch of old , world coins, that I will go through today and post pictures in the proper forums, to see what you folks think about them.... I may see what value they have and sell them, or I may just become a collector myself

BPG~

 

Keep in mind though that using the PCGS price guide is just a reference point as its notoriously high compared to real market value. Generally the price you see on PCGS will be about 2-3 times more then what you'll actually get, as they seem to find some some astronomical prices for coins that someone once paid way off many years ago and he paid too much.

 

Keep in mind Pine that the coin dealer MAY try to extreme lowball and rip you off when telling you the price. Not all dealers are shady like that but of course some are.

your 3 cent looked very nice, i would love to see the half dime as ive been wanting one for awhile