That does not have the look of silver to my old eyes.
I have a few half dollars registered....http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=33325 Some classic commemorative's...
Were those hand stamped?
Most dates of Bust Halves are available in the XF to AU grades without problems. And even though they supposedly circulated most went from one...
Any form of cleaning will normally make the coin worth face or at best bullion value of the silver in those that are silver. Cleaning is frowned...
No need to worry about sending coins off for grading until you know a lot more about them. One piece of newbie advice is don't buy any raw coins...
I recently, like last year started helping a collector sell off some his extras. Well the first problem we ran into was he had just wrote out his...
I've built and sold about thirty-five registry sets almost all done on eBay. And not meaning to spam, and I am a Power seller with close to 4000...
Self grading is OK as long as one is not trying to sell anymore. And to me a scrape on the shield of a Kennedy means it is worth face value as...
I would take what Brian says as fact. I bought my PCGS MS66 in 2004 for about half of what he is asking. Just for info there are still only seven...
Problem with your line of thought is that when a coin is graded the grader does not know where it has been. And just for info the quality of mint...
Sounds like someone needs a "Red Book" before buying anymore coins.
Forty plus years even in the cello can be considered wear And that shield is considered a prime point on grading. I went through about 25 of them...
I would say AU because of the scrape on the top of the shield.
As blurred as the images are I can not grade but looks like it possibly could make gem.
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Even though they let you see a portion of the edge the real reason for this type of holder is so the gasket does not hide the rim of the coin....
Dang I sold a 66 that looked nicer than those two for $135.00 a couple of months ago.:foot-mouth:
Searching for coins by price guide is a easy way to end up with coins that one wonders "why" in a couple of years.:confused: My advice is find...
Opening bid will probably be over the value most likely. Been really hard to find value buys on that site lately. Missed your post of the bids...
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