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<p>[QUOTE="benkarl, post: 637666, member: 19527"]My father recently passed away and I've been sorting through a number of old coins he had in his safe. (Thread <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t60583/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t60583/">here</a> about the foriegn ones.) </p><p> </p><p>I suspect most of these are essentially worthless, but there are a couple that I'm curious about. I've done some browsing on the web and found a number of sites that give values, but they seem to vary greatly with grade and I don't have the first clue how to accurately grade coins. How does one go about getting a coin graded? </p><p> </p><p>The one I am most curious about is a 1921 Peace Silver Dollar as that one seems to be pretty rare. I've attached pictures below.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are several other silver dollars in varying conditions from basically a smooth slug to fairly shiny new. Also, there are a number of old silver half-dollars, a couple of half-dollars with Ben Franklin on them and a bunch with Kennedy on them. There is an assortment of worn quarters, nickles, dimes and pennies from various years. I assume the best thing would be to just make a list and then show it to someone to see if any of them are potentially worth having appraised? </p><p> </p><p>Thank you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benkarl, post: 637666, member: 19527"]My father recently passed away and I've been sorting through a number of old coins he had in his safe. (Thread [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t60583/"]here[/URL] about the foriegn ones.) I suspect most of these are essentially worthless, but there are a couple that I'm curious about. I've done some browsing on the web and found a number of sites that give values, but they seem to vary greatly with grade and I don't have the first clue how to accurately grade coins. How does one go about getting a coin graded? The one I am most curious about is a 1921 Peace Silver Dollar as that one seems to be pretty rare. I've attached pictures below. In addition, there are several other silver dollars in varying conditions from basically a smooth slug to fairly shiny new. Also, there are a number of old silver half-dollars, a couple of half-dollars with Ben Franklin on them and a bunch with Kennedy on them. There is an assortment of worn quarters, nickles, dimes and pennies from various years. I assume the best thing would be to just make a list and then show it to someone to see if any of them are potentially worth having appraised? Thank you.[/QUOTE]
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