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<p>[QUOTE="looksbothways, post: 182645, member: 7420"]Ok now that I'm home, here is some further information. For all my comments, I'm assuming the coins are not counterfeit. I'm aware they need to be authenticated, but just going on the assumption that they're not fake, here is my very newbie estimate of grade for the rare ones going on the chart located at <a href="http://coins.about.com/od/coingrading/f/sheldon_scale.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.about.com/od/coingrading/f/sheldon_scale.htm" rel="nofollow">http://coins.about.com/od/coingrading/f/sheldon_scale.htm</a> .</p><p><br /></p><p>1916D - VG-8/F-12 the D mint mark is clearly visible, so barring counterfeit it is indeed a 1916D</p><p>1921 - F-12</p><p>1921D - F-12</p><p>1942 2 over 1 - F-12, maybe a little higher. You can see the mark of the one just on the left open edge of the two.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book has 78 coins in total, all in their appropriate spots. All D and S mint marks are present and readable, all years are present and readable. All coins have varying degrees of detail in the wings and pillar on the back, but none are worn to the point that the outline is smoothed. There are a couple coins where the E Pluribus Unum seems slightly worn/faded, but otherwise all text is readable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="looksbothways, post: 182645, member: 7420"]Ok now that I'm home, here is some further information. For all my comments, I'm assuming the coins are not counterfeit. I'm aware they need to be authenticated, but just going on the assumption that they're not fake, here is my very newbie estimate of grade for the rare ones going on the chart located at [url]http://coins.about.com/od/coingrading/f/sheldon_scale.htm[/url] . 1916D - VG-8/F-12 the D mint mark is clearly visible, so barring counterfeit it is indeed a 1916D 1921 - F-12 1921D - F-12 1942 2 over 1 - F-12, maybe a little higher. You can see the mark of the one just on the left open edge of the two. The book has 78 coins in total, all in their appropriate spots. All D and S mint marks are present and readable, all years are present and readable. All coins have varying degrees of detail in the wings and pillar on the back, but none are worn to the point that the outline is smoothed. There are a couple coins where the E Pluribus Unum seems slightly worn/faded, but otherwise all text is readable.[/QUOTE]
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