You are misinformed with respect to the certification number. These numbers are used in blocks and the blocks are not consecutive such that a...
Oh, yes, I would not send either in for certification.
The half-cent looks nice while the half-dime has been previously cleaned and taken on those funky colors. I realize it was in your father-in-laws...
Please note that if you like the coins then this is great. I am just writing from experience from what I have seen.
In my opinion, this looks like a group of coins that would be considered "rejects" in that they likely were sent in looking for the PR70...
From what I can make out in the images-OUCH!!!
These are typically offered by dealers who have large quantities of difficult to move "stuff". The final sales price will dictate the "stuff"...
Value is very tough to assign once a coin ends up in a "problem" holder. I wish I could help you more.
Yes, you missed something.;) The coin is in a snap-close plastic holder like Whitman sells, or used to sell, for about 25-cents each.
There are heavy scratches between "OF AMERICA" on the 1795 while the 1798 has many intersecting scratches on the obverse through "LIBERTY".
You can't.
I don't see a problem with getting a good deal from a pawn shop purchase. After all, they likely purchased the item for less, too, and I highly...
It's value is tied tightly to its actual gold content. In his case, it is worth about $297.
I collect type, but it is not for everyone. Also, I am not focused on a type set, but rather on simply nice type coins.
A clad dime planchet weighs 2.3g and a copper cent planchet weighs 3.1g so it is pretty certain that you have a coin struck on a clad dime...
I would not use that box.
It looks like a typical clad dime that was exposed to an acidic environment such as having been dropped at the beach or in the woods. Sorry.
Howdy and welcome.
Everyone is different, but I do not mind throwing back a hundred or several hundred of these at a time and allowing them to sit until the market...
I buy EF/AU coins based upon their silver content and have done very well when the price of silver moves higher.
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