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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2836515, member: 77639&quot;]Well, not in the attic, but in my wife&#039;s cousin&#039;s closet.&nbsp; My wife&#039;s uncle died a couple of months ago, and his two sons are the heirs.&nbsp; A few Sundays ago, we were at the uncle&#039;s house where various items were being distributed to family members.&nbsp; One of the cousins mentioned that his father had some coins that I should examine, but they were in a safety deposit box, so unreachable on a Sunday. (I still haven&#039;t had a chance to examine them, but will.) Then he said he had some coins that were acquired years ago that were in a box in his closet and would I take a look at them.&nbsp; Easy to answer yes.&nbsp; So he went to his house to fetch the box, and I took it home to go through it.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were about 100 world coins. and 100 US coins.&nbsp; Most were pretty worn, and a good number were bent, holed or otherwise abused.&nbsp; The world coins were from all over: Japan, Mexico, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Uruguay, Philippines, Canada, etc.&nbsp; There was even one from post-WWI Palestine.&nbsp; I was able to attribute all except for 3 very worn Chinese coins.&nbsp; Most would be worth $2-5, a few silver coins worth maybe $25, and a Canadian 1892 half dollar, worth maybe $75.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bulk of the US coins were large cents, flying eagle cents, Indian head cents, and nickel three cents.&nbsp; Most were in bad shape.&nbsp; There were a few that might be worth $10-25, a couple of flying eagles in better shape might be worth $50, and one EF/AU 1857, worth maybe $150.&nbsp; There were a few odds and ends, again none worth more than $10.&nbsp; There were three that really caught my eye:&nbsp; a 1893-O Barber quarter that was mint state with lots of luster, a 1909 quarter eagle that appeared to be mint state, and a worn 1834 plain 4 half eagle.&nbsp; I told my wife&#039;s cousin that these three should go to PCGS for grading, and he agreed.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I took them to the Denver ANA show to submit.&nbsp; First, I showed them to Doug Winter and [USER=75984]@Cascade[/USER] at the show.&nbsp; We differed a little in our grades, but all agreed they should go to PCGS.&nbsp; The results came back yesterday, and I&#039;m pretty pleased: 1893-O quarter is MS62, 1909 quarter eagle is MS62, and 1834 half eagle is VF35.&nbsp; Pics are below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]669828[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]669860[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]669861[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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