Hi All, I've posted 2 coins below. An 1847 Silver Dollar and a 1795 Large One Cent. Both are a little grimy. As I am new to collecting, I don't know how to tell if the condition of these coins warrant "conservation" by a TPG or not. Additionally, if they are, I don't know which TPG to use - ANACS seems to have a specialty in these things, but I am not sure. Can you help me? Thanks!
Hello. I would just leave them be. Not much you can do with either especially the 1795 LC. What is your concern with the first coin?
I could see getting the green spots off of the reverse of the dollar but the large cent is damaged enough that I wouldn't bother.
For being new to collecting, you went for some pretty interesting coinage! Those are both great coins, even if the cent is rough.
The Large Cent I would leave as is but the Dollar I would send in. Those green spots need to be made into history, like they never existed. Conserve and grade that coin.
ANACS is a good deal at $59 for 10 coins. They did a great job with my Canadian silver after sitting in 2x2s for 50 years. Not such a great deal if you're only submitting one or two coins. See their FAQ here https://anacs.com/anacs-conservation-service/ If you had 10 coins their show special is $140 for 10, tack on conservation and other coins might benefit from it too. If it's only these two I'm not sure if I would bother. No clue about ICG. The big two charge a % of the coin's value with a minimum (not sure it that's per coin, NGC is $25 minimum).
One of ICG's principals is an active member here, and they've got a CoinTalk special, which last I checked was $10/coin (for grading). I don't remember their pricing for conservation, but I think it's considerably lower than the competition, and we've seen some outstanding successes posted here.
Thank you all for the great direction! @SensibleSal66 - my concern with the first coin (the dollar) is that it has the green spots. Apologies for the delay in responding as I just recently realized that this site is back up and running. Yay!
The 1795 has value enough IMO that I personally would send it to ICG for "helping" it look better even if they charged a lot more. Jim
