A few years ago I built a fence for a lady and she didn't have sufficient cash to pay me, so she gave me what she had (she said) and supplemented her payment with a 20th Century Type Coin set. I like how the set looks in its case, so I am resisting the urge to crack it open and see if there are mint marks on the Barbers and Libertys. Even if there were their values wouldn't change, based on the years. The Buffalo is a Type II, so I guess it is a 1913-P, don't know why it is displayed with reverse showing. The Ike is a 1971-S (nice). I wonder about the date on the Memorial cent...could it be a 1960 or 1970 small date? The '64 Kennedy and the '71-S Ike have fingerprints and some of the others appear buffed up. Just realized I took the picture with my phone and can't upload it until the next post.
Neat. The silver certificate is kind of a mess, and some of the coins seem to have some not great toning on them... BUT, the Roosevelt silver looks like it has possibilities. I can't really tell, because the picture isn't quite good enough. Whatever this frame is made of is probably contributing to the toning/oxidation of the coins. If you want to keep them in their present state, I'd remove them.
The Silver Cert is under cellophane so that's why it appears crinkled. I will consider removing them to some other achival-type storage, I do like the way this looks, however. Thanks for the reply.
Coins in these displays tend to be whizzed and polished to some degree. I would leave it as is and hang it somewhere
We will be waiting for your photos, but out of curiosity I wonder why you think the Buffalo is a 1913 if it is a type II if you cannot see the obverse? I could understand this if it was a type I, ( on a mound ) but not type II ( on a plain).
Cascade is torturing me, lol. In your other post you mentioned you could not see the reverses. I would for sure take this apart and check the coins close up, obverse and reverse, to see if you might have some hidden treasure in possible varieties/errors. And even though it does look nice like this, it is not the best way to store them. If there is some nice toning starting you may want to arrest the toning now, It may get better, but it also may get worse over time.
Nice. That Barber half is better than the detail-free AGs I normally see in these frames. The Ike looks like silver from this shot, too. I agree about getting the coins out of the frame, though. I wonder if the wrinkled paper indicates that it's been exposed to heavy condensation.
The Ike's definitely 40% silver if it's a 71 S as every 71 S is. Also agree with @Cascade that many times the coins in these have been polished or scrubbed clean unfortunately. Although that 1908 Barber half does look pretty decent as stated already.
I'd crack them out. A couple look like nice toning. The barber half is a nice original and who knows what else is there can't tell a lot from the pics
Just cracked them all out. In my estimation none grade worse than VG (Barbers) and most are in the XF-AU range. The reverses on the silver coins are pretty tarnished (perhaps there are those who would called them "toned"...I think tarnished is more apt). No great surprises on the mints (rats). The dates and mints--- Dollars Morgan 1921-P Peace 1923-P Ike 1971-S Halves Barber 1906-O Walker 1943-P Franklin 1961-D Kennedy 1964-P Kennedy 1969-D Kennedy 1971-P Quarters Barber 1916-D St. Liberty 1926-S Washington 1964-D Washington 1970-P Dimes Barber 1911-D Mercury 1945-P Roosevelt 1963-D Roosevelt 1972-P Nickels Liberty 1910-P (duh) Buffalo 1936-P Jefferson 1944-P Jefferson 1966-P (no foolin') Cents Indian 1902-P (duh) Wheat 1956-D Steel 1943-D Memorial 1972-P
Here is a smart phone pic of the reverses. Note tarnish on most of the silver issues. Better stay away from cardboard.
