The cost of grading greatly outweighs the value of these coins. $30+ to grade a $1 coin is a bad idea!!!
I really need to copy and paste this answer somewhere to have it handy. Membership fees for PCGS and NGC are a myth. The top tier of PCGS with the 8 free submissions actually saves you money when the vouchers are used for regular secure plus service. I would get a new membership before every submission if they would let me. For NGC yes there is actually a 1 dollar fee to join, the $150 dollar membership gives you a $149 grading credit. People mention the ANA method, but the ANA is not free, it is much cheaper to just join either PCGS or NGC then join the ANA just to submit to NGC. Neither actually charge a fee, just an up front deposit which you get back on your first submission and in the case of PCGS you actually save money if you use the right tiers.
Well I appreciate that those coins are the ones I've asked you guys about in the past those were the ones I had on my phone but that 1983 d you're saying is a dollar coin when it weighs 3.9 I may not be an expert but I do know the difference between copper in the zink
3.9 is almost 1 gram heavy even for a copper cent. I must have missed that. go to your local coin shop and have them send it in asap. They will probably do it for around $50. That's gotta be a $20,000 coin.
If you genuinely believed you had a 20k coin why would you trust a random stranger with sending it in for you?
Well I don't know if it be a $20,000 coin in the condition that it's in and my scale could be off a tiny bit some the zinc pennies weigh 2.45 to 2.6 and my copper 3.7 to 3.12 but that 83 weighs 3.9 there again I'm not an expert and I wouldn't take it to anybody else to send it in for me that's what started this all today was I was just trying to find out what company in your opinion's that were the best to go with I wouldn't go by ten thousand shares of stock in a company without doing research I would find other people that had stock with that company and research it that's the only reason I use this site I used it as a research tool I always get different opinions from different people on here and I appreciate that
Please take what I write to heart as it is given with good intentions: First, the GOOD NEWS: You have come to the right place for FREE advice. Post photos of the coins you think are valuable. Your overweight cent should be checked out but don't get your hopes up. Good Luck. Now, the BAD NEWS: If the coins you have collected over the years are in the blue coin folders you probably have NOTHING of value. If you never purchased a coin from a coin dealer you probably don't have anything of value. The book you looked at for prices is a guide and the value of a coin goes up by its condition. Typical example $12 to $800. On only two occasions has a couple come up to my table with a collection worth "big" money, unfortunately, in each case, many of the Uncirculated coins were scrubbed and only worth a few hundred dollars rather than the thousands of dollars they would have been worth. My advice to you is this. Take your coins to a coin shop and try to sell them. If he gives you a price or if he is even interested, don't sell them yet as you may actually have something. Two of the Lincoln cents you have posted are "spending money" to most dealers. That gets them out into circulation so the kids, accumulators, and coin hunters will have a thrill when they are found. Over the phone, I have found three questions that allow me to get an idea about the value of any collection and if I wish to waste my time looking at it. They are: 1. Are there any gold coins? 2. Have you purchased your coins from a dealer? 3. Are there any slabs? I'm sure there are acceptions but I'll never find out and I don't care. Best of luck to you and welcome to Coin Talk.
I appreciate that I'm not really in it for the money I retired too early I just have fun doing it I work for a company for 34 years they were making cutbacks so I took an early retirement three years ago so you get tired of going to casino fishing and hunting I can only ride my horses so much now with that being said I wouldn't mind making some money if the coins valuable but I think I seen the confusion on the cherry picker guy when I was saying 3.9 what I meant to say was 3.09 but I think your advice is good if they show any interest then you know you have something
Your right I guess. I've been dealing with L.C.S for many years and I trust him enough to send out coins for me.
One option that has not been mentioned here. If, as you said, you are mostly interested in getting your coins graded in order to sell them, then a great option would be Great Collections. They are an online auction house with a very large following. Ian Russell is the president of the company and is a great guy to work with. If your coins are worth under $300.00 each, then you can get them graded by PCGS for $12.00 per coin plus a $10.00 handling fee for the submission. You would not have to worry about paying for shipping to and from PCGS. Once your coins are graded, they will professionally photograph them for you and then list them at auction. When they sell, they deduct their 10% sellers fee plus the fee for grading, then they send you a check for the balance. You only have to worry about shipping to them. PCGS graded coins do get you the best sales prices and this method is absolutely the way I would go if I were in your shoes.
Ian is not a stranger to the numismatic community and has a great reputation. I've never personally sold anything through him, but know plenty who have. The only complaint that I ever here is about GCs photography of toned coins.
I've sold coins through him. He is definitely not a stranger. You may not recognize his name, but there are a lot of people in the numismatic community who do. I was simply giving another option to selling your coins. One that I have used and plan to use again in the future.
No idea about a 3.9g 1983-D. If it is copper you have something special. The other 2 cents aren't worth much at all. 1968-S MS .15 cents retail. 1970-S large date, .01 cent.
