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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zekeguzz, post: 567975, member: 15455&quot;]Went to a tiny coin and stamp appraisal get together to get an approximation of what my two Lincoln cents might be worth. There were four appraisers who were also buying the coins people wanted to sell.</p><p>What I couldn&#039;t believe was they handled all the coins without gloves and never once did I see either one of them clean there hands.</p><p>There were scads of silver dollars, halfs, quarters etc. How could this be?</p><p>When it came to be my turn I showed the dealer/appraiser my lincoln cents and he said he didn&#039;t know anything about new lincolns(1994, 1999) so I was referred to another appraiser. Ahalf hour later this guy looks at me as I handed him my two cents in 2x2&#039;s and he said it wasn&#039;t necessary to open them up he could appraise them as is. Well he knew less than I did about them so I just asked him to give me an idea of their grade/s.</p><p>If he&#039;d have opened up my 2x2&#039;s I would have insisted he wear the cotton gloves that I brought. Is this normally what goes on at coin shows and such? He had to open his red book to get an idea of the value and first shot he got that wrong and I corrected him. Only then did he find the right line AND HIS EYES BUGGED OUT WHEN HE SAW $500 listed for MS67. He graded my 1999 wide A ,M at MS60. Opinions please.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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