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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2375312, member: 27832"]Guys, I think we're getting into the weeds a bit here.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=77772]@Jayp978[/USER], this looks like a low-grade and damaged coin. The apparent damage to the last digit of the date makes it hard to tell what it is; it looks like a 3 to some of us, but I have low confidence in that.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there's an "S" mintmark on the back, and if that last digit is a 1, a 3 or a 4, the coin may be worth tens of dollars -- maybe close to a hundred -- even though it's damaged. But those dates with an S mintmark are valuable <i>because they're scarce and hard to find</i>, which means it's unlikely that you've found one by accident. But it's easy enough to flip the coin over and check.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin doesn't have a mintmark at all, it may be worth a few cents more than its silver content ($1.20 at today's prices, give or take), but not much more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2375312, member: 27832"]Guys, I think we're getting into the weeds a bit here. [USER=77772]@Jayp978[/USER], this looks like a low-grade and damaged coin. The apparent damage to the last digit of the date makes it hard to tell what it is; it looks like a 3 to some of us, but I have low confidence in that. If there's an "S" mintmark on the back, and if that last digit is a 1, a 3 or a 4, the coin may be worth tens of dollars -- maybe close to a hundred -- even though it's damaged. But those dates with an S mintmark are valuable [I]because they're scarce and hard to find[/I], which means it's unlikely that you've found one by accident. But it's easy enough to flip the coin over and check. If the coin doesn't have a mintmark at all, it may be worth a few cents more than its silver content ($1.20 at today's prices, give or take), but not much more.[/QUOTE]
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