Going through dead uncles attic found coins

Hello...

New here...

I have some coins we retrieved from my wife's uncle's attic. He has passed and we were to clean his place out.

Here is a pic...

What is something like this worth?

Is there a proper way to clean it?

Should it be graded?

Thanks in advance for your opinions... apologies if I posted this incorrectly...

 

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Please do not clean this coin. Cleaning will ruin the value of the coin. You can have the coin graded should you desire.

 

The biggest mistake you can make is to clean the coin
DO NOT CLEAN ANY COIN
and yes I would get it graded

 

Yea never clean it. How big is it? Dime, Quarter, Half Dollar? Depending on what kind this is it could be pretty valuable.

 

Nice find!

 

DO NOT CLEAN THIS COIN!!!

It is a Draped Bust dime and in this condition it is quite valuable. The images aren't great, but you are looking at an approximately $10,000 coin.

 

I'd be looking through the rest of his coins *very* carefully!

And the rest of his attic... and his basement... and his backyard...

 

By the way, you should have this coin certified by either PCGS or NGC. My advice would be to take better images of it and then take it to a reputable dealer for submission to PCGS (the better choice, again in my opinion and experience). The submission process may take a month or more and might cost you upwards of $100 for the coin, but it is worth it for the protection of the coin, the liquidity in the event of sale and the value you will get if sold.

I will be doing the Baltimore show next month and if you want me to submit it for you at that time then that is possible. Of course, you do not know me so you have no real reason to trust me. I understand if you decline.

 

First, welcome to the neighborhood!

Next to me, Tom is the most honest person I know. Follow his advice & good luck.

Chris

 

Awesome find. Keep us posted on what else he has so we can drool over it. Great coin, you definitely want to submit it for grading and dont mess with it.

 

That's a dime and a very rare date and high grade. Should fetch several thousand dollars if you leave it alone and get it certified.

 

How come this never happens to me

 

Ok!

I will not touch this coin.

I will discuss this with my wife...it's technically more hers than mine.

I chose to post this coin because it was the oldest American coin. There are coins from the 1700's but they all seem to be foreign.

 

Just for our curiosity could you put up pics of the other coins? I know I'd be interested in the other ones.

 

Miracle Max: He probably owes you money huh? I'll ask him.
Inigo Montoya: He's dead. He can't talk.
Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
Inigo Montoya: What's that?
Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

 

Lol.

I found many other things...

Gettysburg Cannonball, flint lock, 1800's solid gold pocket watch, 1939 comic books...many things we kept...

My wife seems to not want to take the risk of grading...

What would someone pay for it?

I have a dslr, I'll see what kind of better pictures I can get an repost them if that will work here

 

I already posted what it might be worth earlier in the thread. My guesstimate is based upon your images and I assumed that the coin has not been previously cleaned, tooled, repaired, bent or otherwise impaired and that it has a dark color appropriate for its age and that it would grade in the EF-AU range.

Good luck.

 

Basically...

He kept many things from his father and grandfather, mother and grandmother. It seemed to me that he gathered their belongings and placed them in a box and were left untouched.

He did scrapbooks as he went through life. Things were taped to pages next to pictures, stories were written on paper and placed along with belongings associated with that event. One could piece together a time line if they took the time out to do so.