Going through dead uncles attic found coins

I want the story first, that's what I think this hobby is all about

 

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I want the story too. Its a fun find, I'm glad I have seen it from the start.

 

WOW, what luck

 

This happens to me often not only here but other sites also. Maybe some programming wiz could write a program to automatically save what you are typing so you don't loose it. They could probably make some $$.

I know Microsoft Word has that function built in, saved me many times from not starting all over again...

 

Unfollowing. Why can't you just post the grade. You can retype the explanation later.

 

As you type your answer make sure that you hit the auto-save feature to insure that nothing you write here is lost. That little 'ghost like' feature is elusive at times though. Till then...........

 

Grumpy ar we

 

I am not the only person saying this...

 

Wow, I've never seen people get so worked up over waiting to hear the result of something... Maybe a pregnancy or STD test, but over a coin? I'll be here patiently waiting,im still very intrigued and my guess would be the story has something to do with the result, hence they go together.

 

I will format my next reply to have the grade at the bottom of the post. If you don't care about my exciting day then just scroll to the bottom and go on to your next thread.

Otherwise, my post will probably waste about 10 minutes of your life you wont get back.

 

Some of the replies here make me wonder what happened to adulthood.

I'll make it shorter so I don't get any more PM's from crazy people.

Basically, few weeks ago, we decided to get a membership into PCGS. Done.
We decided to go down to Baltimore and get the coin graded on Thursday as I had prior engagements for Fri-Sat-Sun.
Arrived, got the map. Flew over to PCGS. Stood in line. Filled out the submission and handed the lady the coin. She wrapped it up in the submission, put some rubber bands around it and away it went.

Now, with two kids in tow, we had to decide how to spend the next 4-5 hours waiting.
We walked around talking to many people, showing them the pictures of the coin my wife had on her cell phone.

I couldn't believe how many people were so excited over an 1803 dime.
I noticed someone giving out "free appraisals" and we stopped and showed him pictures. He stated it would be an AU53 or 55 based on the pictures my wife had.
Then I met "tough coins", Mike, I believe, had a lengthy talk with him, very nice, very informative, very trustworthy. Both my wife and I enjoyed his conversation. He also directed me to Tom who I couldn't find so we walked around some more.
We wound back in the aisle of the "free appraisal" where my one son started playing with my other son while I chatted away...this woman walked over and handed my son a huge coin that had a "dead" character on it. She was glad to see the brothers playing together even though their ages are far apart.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...1.A0.H0.Xzombucks.TRS1&_nkw=zombucks&_sacat=0
I then looked at her display and since I am a walking dead fan, and my son likes zombies I decided to buy 1 of each of her coins...so now we have the entire copper set of zombucks coins. See link.
At the rear of the show, there was a man with a huge banner, the banner stated, CASH FOR COINS, and I looked at my wife and said lets go talk to him. By this time, talking to many vendors and showing the pictures to many people, the grades went anywhere from XF40 to AU58...what our coin would grade at was still a mystery but the pressure and stress from waiting just keeps building.
We approached the man, told him about the coin and we had the cell pictures. He did something on his phone, which I took as a text message, and he immediately stated "that coin will come back damaged"...my heart sunk. How could he know?
We walked off, bought some coin supplies to put our other coins from our bags in, and talked about what he said.
We went back to the appraiser, who stated "Yes, the coin could be damaged" as the pics can be deceiving...
We eventually found Tom, we introduced ourselves, talked for a 1/2 hour, checked on our coin. not there yet. At 5:45 we left Tom again and decided to go check on our coin...like we had every half hour from 4:00 on...
The coin was ready for pickup. There were other people in line waiting for their coin(s), one fellow asked what we had graded and we told him an 1803 dime. He was excited too...
We signed the form for handoff, grabbed the blue PCGS box, and slowly opened the lid.
Inside that long narrow, plastic container was our coin, sitting there IN A PCGS SLAB ! ! !

NO DAMAGE !

My wife immediately grabbed it and took it out...and off to Tom we went...

We showed him the slab, and he grabbed his loupe and looked at it under the light.
He stated that the coin looked better than my pictures...which is A-OK in this case...we talked about selling it, consigning it, auctioning it, just about every topic one could talk about a coin. But we have no clue as what to do.
Upon researching, and with what others have said at the show…it seems common practice for the graders to agree to a grade and "if" it comes back in for grading it might get a better grade.

My wife thinks its worth trying one more time just to see what kind of grade it gets the second time. I don't know if I can live with the excitement.

But now, I think I have more questions than before...

The real reason I didn't post sooner is because I didn't have time nor internet fri, sat, sun...I arrived home in the evening Sunday, went to bed, and then work. Monday when I came home I went back to bed..slept 12 hours from the hectic weekend. Friday, my sons car sprung a trans leak...towed. Tuesday I fixed that...came home went to bed. Wednesday I tried posting but I failed miserably.

So now I am trying again.
Our coin was graded...

 

Awesome! Great Coin All around. You lucky dog you. No matter what you do with it I hope that this has gotten you into coin collecting a bit more.

 

So happy for you dear fellow!

 

I'm glad you posted and I'm really glad that we met up at the show.

Shaner and his family seemed to be genuinely nice people who looked more than a little overwhelmed at what a larger national coin show could be. We talked in the aisle by the table that I share with Bill Shamhart (Numismatic Americana) and it was evident that the angst, concern, excitement over the process was real. I was happy to share some insight into the coin world and talk about how the coin was found. I also attempted to give them some tips for what they might do with the coin in the future depending upon their desire, but told them to be patient and think clearly about every aspect of their decision.

The coin in-hand is a more even color than the images might suggest and it has a glorious layer of gunk, dirt and grime over the surfaces. Overall, the strike is very good and the level of wear consistent with at least an AU50, but the luster is subdued enough that I was of a mind that it could have just as easily gone down to EF45 as it could have gone up to AU53. It's a great coin that is quite scarce and it is wonderful to see that it now has better protection and that it is recognized for the treasure that it is.

 

Fantastic, an awesome found treasure story with the happy ending is hard to beat.

 

AU50, an au 50 goes for about 11k, au 53 15k, au55 goes for 22k, and an au 58 will make 34,000, If I were you I would have some well connected dealer look at the coin and decide if regrading it is worth the risk.

 

Can it grade lower?

Also...don't the die cracks raise the value?

 

Mabe you should have it regarded an attributed as well, the variety may be worth it

 

Yes it could grade lower. It's a gamble to send it back in again. Really nice coin.

 

I liked the story , and the coin congrats !!