Hey guys, I recently came across a few baggies of coins. I feel bad asking you guys to basically scroll through my coins and look to see if anything is up with any of them (i'm not trying to get you guys to do my roll hunting for me I swear haha), but I am not at all a trained eye and after researching coins for a few hours last night, I figured the best thing to do would be to ask some fine people on a forum dedicated to this stuff. I'm not surprised if these are just face value or slightly more than face value, but I figure it's worth being sure than sorry. This photo album has 19 coins in total, all being half & full dollars. If any pictures need retaking, let me know! https://imgur.com/gallery/FiVzKcQ Thanks for taking your time to look at them! I will make 2 other separate threads for other coins I found!
Before 1971? I can definitely look up the composition! But I was also worried about errors, or anything else that could make one special. I couldn't figure out what to look for!
Good answer, but be more specific. One of your JFK halves is 90% and one is 40%. I leave it to you to figure out which is which ;-) I didn't see any errors, but I am by no means an expert. I didn't see a "narrow rim" in your SBA dollars. I'm pretty sure the rest are just worth face value.
I think the giant Ikes are starting to bring a small premium. If you have a Susan B Anthony, a Sacagawea, a President dollar, and an Ike, and they are all worth $1, which one would you be reluctant to spend for just a dollar?
Do NOT take this personally, it's not that way. Why are you curious about "errors"? Why is this entire generation of upcoming collectors? It would seem to me to be able to know what to look for before looking for.
When I was a kid, in the days before the internet, my grandfather gave me a Red Uncirculated 1972 off-center Lincoln cent. All I had was a Redbook, and there was an entry in it that said "1972 Doubled Die." So I assumed that's what I had. Imagine my surprise when I went to sell this $200 coin to my coin dealer and he offered me $3. There really is no excuse not to know and learn in this day and age. Thankfully, I had a kindhearted coin dealer that was glad to offer me free lessons in such things.
Really just because it was someone else's coin collection that I found in a storage unit. Yes, there is no excuse not to educate yourself, but I was staring at the coins wondering what made them special as to why they were in a collection. Obviously I figured it was probably a standard face value/this coin looks cool type of collection, but just in case I came here to ask. I mean I was staring a coin face for 30 minutes trying to figure out if it had some type of thing that made it special and I was missing. Easier to come here and have someone like you that can glance at it for a few moments and tell me with certainty it isn't! Aren't I using this day and age correctly by using the internet and this forum to confirm that, for free?
Fair enough. The standard ways to proceed in this hobby HAVE changed over the years, no doubt about it.
