It's 65 years old and it's suffering from circulation. I too am 65 tomorrow and I look and feel the same. Lol
1940, worth a cent.
I'm a collector but since I have an antique shop I do sell there. I buy for myself, not the shop. I keep what I collect totally separate from what...
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Not unless in would grade MS-68 or higher depending on what coin it is.
GEM is a term used to describe any coin that is MS-65 and above. It is widely misused.
It's worth face value.
It's plated so it sticks to a magnet. In real terms it's damaged and worth face value. Welcome to CT.
Since you already own them I'd keep them, not as part of my coin collection but as an investment. It cost nothing to hold onto them.
Plated and damaged coins is what I see. Just because they came from an estate and are marked doesn't make them so. Welcome to CT.
I wouldn't do it due to the corrosion. I'd rather pay more and get a nicer coin.
Only the person that toned them knows the answer to your question. Someways to AT a coin are heat, Vaseline, Crisco, urine, yeah that probably...
Looks like it fell off of the highest mountain in Colorado and hit every rock on the way down.
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