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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;petro89, post: 1587779, member: 17048&quot;]Welcome, brandont!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah you overpaid but the good news it you didn&#039;t spend a ton of money, and sometimes you have to learn from your mistakes.&nbsp; The flying eagle would probably grade G4 or G6.&nbsp; I do not know much about the series, and I don&#039;t own any.&nbsp; But I can come up with a reasonable grade even for unfamiliar coins using PCGS photograde in a few seconds.&nbsp; PCGS photograde is a great tool to visually come up with a fairly accurate grade for a coin and you can find it here <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/</a> . Definately spend some time with that site and do some research on the particular series you might be collecting.&nbsp; You want to know the specific nuances about the series - what the key dates are, what areas of the coin wear down first, what varieties are out there, how to detect a counterfeit, etc.&nbsp; $22 isn&#039;t a terribly bad deal for that coin if you like it, but you shouldn&#039;t spend much more than that on coins early on until you learn about them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the proof dime, it is worth 1-2 bucks.&nbsp; There are many many grading companies out there, and the one that graded your dime is not one you should be looking at buying.&nbsp; The 2 most well-respected are PCGS and NGC.&nbsp; You will get differing opinions as far as companies after those, but personally I also consider ANACS and ICG as reputable companies (but I typically don&#039;t pay much more if anything than I would for a raw coin when I buy these coins - but at least the authenticity of the coin is not a real concern).&nbsp; Of course, you always want to &quot;buy the coin&quot; and not &quot;the holder&quot; (use your judgement and buy what you think you should buy rather than what the plastic holder says), but generally, any other grading companies aside from those four are either grossly overgraded, problem coins, or maybe even counterfeit.&nbsp; For example, your dime (even though it seems to be problem-free from what I can tell from those pictures) is probably a PF65 or 66 at the most...not a 70.</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, if you are happy with your purchases, that is what counts.&nbsp; But a little time and research early on will prevent you from making a large mistake later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck and make sure to frequent these forums.&nbsp; You will learn something every time![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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