Its silver melt value is $9.87 so a dealer would probably give you about $8.50 for it. Charlie
1884-S Morgans are pretty common in all grades up to XF, so they are not worth getting slabbed. Your 1884-O and 1882-S Morgans wouldn't be worth...
I wouldn't advise buying a coin like that as a "liquid investment." In my view, a liquid investment is a coin that you can take into most coin...
Here's a link. 1982 Large and small date cents Charlie
They are worth a couple dollars as replicas. Charlie
:thumb: I've gotten some of my best deals at flea markets. Charlie
I think that because the 2006 Redbook had so many errors, they made the 2007 edition early. Charlie
A pre-1965 proof set has 0.61487 oz of silver in it. Since silver is at $12.77, that puts the silver value at $7.85:cool: Charlie
You can get common circ Franklins for about $5 each. The one in the OP is expensive because it is a high grade proof. Charlie
Newer proofs are usually cameo proofs, because the mint knows collectors like cameos; and it refinishes the dies when the cameo effect wears off....
I'm no expert, but it looks MS-65 or 66. Charlie
I feel that Ebay is only interest in its bottom line, and that it refuses to do anything about fraud. Since it won't stop the fraud, we need...
I think Ebay not cracking down on self-slabbers like SGS, is similar to Coin World turning a blind eye on their advertisers, who sell overgraded...
It looks polished in the pics, but that could just be because of the lighting. Charlie
Here is a rainbow toned Ike dollar that is on its way back from NGC. Charlie
NGC said it was PF-66 Ultra Cameo. Not bad considering I sold the other 4 coins in the proof set for $2 each. Charlie
There are all kinds of different wooden nickels. Some aren't worth anything, but some are. Can you post pics. Charlie
I have to disagree with you here Speedy, I do not think Rick Tomaska is a very reputable dealer. He marks his coins up 200%-300%. If you buy a...
ANACS graded it XF-45, and I think NGC will grade it AU-50. It doesn't have much wear, but it has a pretty thick "skin." Charlie
The Mint did not make silver proofs in 1985, so yours is copper-nickel clad. Charlie
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