Hello I am trying to get some advice on some coins my Father left to me, I am working on inventorying them but ran across 2 that caught my eye. I have a 1965 silver quarter and 1965 silver dime, after doing a little investigating on your site, which has been more helpful than any other. I thought I would put it out here for some help, the coins weigh exactly what everyone is saying they should for these to be the real thing. I guess my question now is, how do I get a true appraisal of them without getting taken advantage of? I am not at home right now so can not post pictures yet please any help is greatly appreciated. My Dad has been collecting for a long time, he also has several silver Morgans 1899 to 1925. Please,please help me. Thanks and I hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend.
If you're certain they are genuine 90% silver coins (checked the weight, looked at the edge, etc.) then that is a really neat find! If I had those coins, I'd be sending them in for professional certification to a grading company like PCGS. Even if you're not planning on selling them soon, the third party certifcation of the coin will benefit you in the event something happens to you and the coins are passed along to someone else who isn't as careful about checking the coins as you have been. Of course, the cerfication also will make it many times easier to sell and you'll get much more money for a certified example if you did choose to sell. Getting mint error coins certified isn't cheap though. I know at PCGS it's a little over $50 a coin + shipping. NGC is the other company you could consider for certification (you don't have to be a member to submit the coins if you're already a member of the ANA). I wouldn't use any other company that those two. Hard to say what the value of these errors would be as that is also dependent on their condition. Are they worn down or are they brilliant uncirculated? In order to get a value estimate, I'd try to get a decent photo of the coins if possible and I'd be contacting one of the major error coin dealers such as Fred Weinberg. Many dealers won't give you firm value estimates unless they can see a coin in person, but they should be able to give you a ballpark range. But for reference, I did a quick search in the Heritage Auction archives and found that certified examples of the 1965 90% silver dime have sold from around $2000 (damaged coin) up to $5000+ for problem free examples. The 1965 silver quarters have sold from around $2500 (cleaned coin) up to $5000+ for problem free coins. Even an XF45 1965 silver quarter sold for $5500 this April. Good luck and keep us posted!
Not knowing as much as i need to know about coins but if they are silver they would be the first struck coins of 1965 so that may make them worth even more.The dies were changed but the silver planchettes were not removed and they were the first of the 1965 dimes and quarters made.
see http://www.blifaloo.com/info/rare_coins.php shows a 1965 silver dime. see http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=336&lotNo=9789 for a silver quarter.
I have a 1965 quarter, and I'm not quite sure if its silver. It does sound different then all other quarters, but I want more proof.
