3 Slabbed coins.

I have recently obtained 3 slabbed coins.

1954-S Lincoln cent MS68 RD by NTC
1970-S Large date Lincoln Cent PR70 Cam by NTC
1949-D Franklin half MS65 with Full Bell Lines MS 65 by PCI

The Lincoln Cents look great. The Franklin cent looks good too, but the obverse appears to be toning around the rims by the "Liberty" and the "In God We Trust"

Anyone help with the values?

 

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It's tough to say what the values are, as your coins are more than likely overgraded. A few grades difference, can make a huge difference in price. If you posted pictures, it would probably be useful to others. Sorry I couldn't offer more help.

 

Sorry no camera to take pictures with but, I take it PCI and NTC are sucky grading companies.

The Franklin half does have full bell lines. And the 1970 s Cameo Proof is at WORST a PR68. Super Mirror like, and the 1954-s Looks excellent as well.

Probably doesn't help, but since I own them, I was just curious. Thanks

 

That info should be helpful to some people here. I'm not good at pricing, as I'm somewhat new to coin collecting. I've had some bad experiences with PCI grades, so I'm skeptical about them. If you look at heritage auction under their completed auctions, you may be able to get an idea of how much your coins are worth.

 

Thanks anyway zane. I was using a Coin Prices magazine get a ball park idea of some of my coins, but the prices they use are sometimes vague. Ex. according to the mag, the 1954-s is worth 75 cents in MS-65. And it never uses Red for any prices listed.

 

a 1954-s red pcgs ms-67 graded sold for 120 dollars on heritage auctions. An ICG graded proof-69 cameo sold for 19 dollars, and most 1949-d ms-65 with full bell lines are selling for over 500 dollars. Hope this helps.

 

Thanks. When I first stared collecting I was using the online PCGS guide. Which I had discovered is not exactly accurate. I have been using the Coin Prices mag, mainly as a guide now, especially if I am interested in a coin from E-bay. Like If I was interested in a 1931-S Lincoln, in a 2*2 with a decent pic as VF. (76 bucks according to Coin Prices). The Most I would bid is 62.50 which is the price listed as G.

I am still new, and I have been ripped off, but now that I have a little more knowledge, getting ripped off has been much fewer and far between.

 

gdjmsp showed me the following website:

http://www.heritagecoins.com/common/auction/pricesrealized.php

it is free to sign up for, and has thousands of realized auction prices. In my opinion it is the most valuable resource for pricing high grade coins (or low grade even) that I have encountered.

 

Great! Thanks GDJMSP and zane. BTW, I take it if I send my coins to ANACS, that it will actually come back slabbed with a grade even if its XF? Or that just for certain older coins?

 

Sweet, I have a couple SGS slabs that I am willing to bet that are not as they seem.(I will rip them open). Plus I have a couple other coins that are well circulated, but I would like to see what they are graded at. I'll look into it. Thanks.

 

sgs grades everything at ms-70. Definitely overgrades.

 

Yes, Yes.

If I could figure out how to open the hard plexiglass type holders, I would send my Gallery Grading Company ones as well. Yes I own a couple of them as well.

 

If you send the coins in the holders, Anacs will take them out for you, which prevents you from causing any damage to the coins. It doesn't cost extra either.

 

I thought, that grading companies only did that if the coins graded the same or higher? Or should I say only grade them if the are the same or higher

 

On the submission form you can indicate the minimum grade. Basically, if you have a ms-70 sgs coin, and you think it is an ms-60, then on the form you can say if the coin grades an ms-60 or higher, that they can reslab the coin for you.

 

And they will do this even if the coin is in a plexiglass holder?