Make sure you handle them carefully - only touch the edges.
Thanks kuhli - never did understand British coinage :o
Then you could probably get about $30 for it. And I wouldn't expect it to increase much - at least not for many years.
Personally I agree with ya Roy - but I live the real world, and it's not the world I'd like it to be. So if they take even half a notion that they...
The fact that it is tarnished may be a good thing. Can you post pics of the coins ?
I assume it's a $25 roll you are asking about - does it say Federal Reserve Bank on it ?
Let me put it this way - I have seen attractively toned coins, both Unc and Proof, sell for ten times what an untoned coin in the same grade sells...
I did :D
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Until the Secret Service says it's legal to own - it's not. And so far they haven't.
There are a great many collectors who look upon artificially toned coins as junk. Typically - you can't give artificially toned coins away let...
It's a crown - 1 pound I believe.
I'm afraid there's nothing you can do that would not destroy the packaging.
What Speedy said is correct. The definition of the designation depends on who is assigning the designation. NGC is much tougher with this than PCGS.
It's because you cleaned it. Those brown areas are from the rubbing. In time - it will get much worse :(
Yes Dan - there is supposed to be a new design for the .999 gold eagles. But what that design is to be has not yet been released to my knowledge....
A good question - too bad there is not a good explanation. Short and sweet - it's supply and demand. Other than that there really is no reason.
I don't think you will either. You've heard of fish stories - well that sounds like a coin story to me :rolleyes:
You absolutely have to take care where you store them. There is only ONE truly airtight coin holder and that is the newer slabs of NGC. No other...
Not only possible - it's a fact. But so far they have only discovered 1.
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