I'm going to say its worth more than $5 but I don't collect paper money...the best thing to do is to look at ended ebay items for the same...
Patting a coin with a kleenex or papertowel or almost anything is a big no.no...I have proof of what it can do to a coin...it leaves sooooo many...
Draco....if you still have time crack the coins out of the slabs...you might get better grades then if you just send them in an old SGS...
Go to online auctions and search for it...that should give you the best proce guide....as for what I would pay for it....not much...I don't...
It took me almost 5 years to see how bad cleaning is....and I'm sure you will see it too...just don't get fustrated or it will take longer ;--)...
Yeap....let us know when you are going to do it so we can ask for our coins back that might be there !!! J/K Speedy
I would say its a silver round...or a medal... Speedy
I'm doing the same thing...for the first 4 years of my collecting I picked up many coins...some rare...some not...I picked up worthless rolls of...
cleaning is cleaning and cleaning is cleaning...there is NO way to get around it....either you clean the coin or you don't and when you do you...
I hope you didn't let it move around in your pocket lose and such....becuase if you did more than likely you lower the graded from when you had...
:D :D ;) I guess I should have said a few things in another way...as the guy before me said that the S VDB will never be rare...I don't agree...
It has been panted and therefor has no value...if you can post a photo if might help know more about it. Speedy
WINS stands for World Internet Numismatic Society...its an online club... http://www.winsociety.org/index.html Lots of great members there....
If your on WINS you might want to ask...there is a guy (I won't say any names) on there that makes them every now and then and from what I have...
Ebay, online auctions, coin dealers, and such! Speedy
Its total up to you...do you like them??...if so...then go for it...I have some and I have paid more than some would but then I have seen others...
What??.. Speedy
It will never been rare in finding one...but finding one for sale and in the grade you want is harder and will be harder as time goes on...but I...
I would guess plated...a dime planchet would be a tad smaller I think...I have seen 1 cent struck on dime planchet and it was neat!! Speedy
You found them in change??? Speedy
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